Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters Hornady did change the Interlock

Allright you talkers where are your results? This is real hard to do takes maybe 3 minutes with a vice and a smooth flat file or mill bastard. Magnum Man

I am absolutely astonished!

Who thought that "bastard" would make it past the board's "bad word autocensor"?

pussy! <-- just testing, still can't use that one!

John

Here's my result with the 3090.

Pretty discouraging because it doesn't look like the core is bonded to the jacket very well. Things that make you go hmmmmmm.....

It never was a bonded bullet. The interbond is. The Interlock was designed as a mechanical lock.

Good to know. Never had a problem with the older style interlock performing on game.

Those bullets are Interlocks.

They are not a "bonded bullet", just a regular cup and core.

Perhaps you are confusing those with Interbonds???

Yep my mistake, sorry

B,

Your comment does bring up a good point I have often thought of.

Given the kind of confusing names _ Interlock/Interbond- wonder how many folks get the two mixed up and expect bonded bullet performance from the Interlocks.

Jim, when I expect bonded performance out of a bullet I opt for the good ol trophy bonded bear claw (old style). Your right though, I thought the partition was a bonded bullet too becasue it is a premium controlled expansion bullet but it isn't. However, I think the interlock is an ideal and excellent deer bullet though.

I recovered two Interlocks from a black bear I shot in 2009 with bullets I bought that year. One was from a raking shot. The bullet was stuck in the spine. The core and jacket were together until I pulled the bullet out at which point they separated. The other was just a jacket I bit into while eating a roast, kind of like bird shot in a bird. I don't know where the core went. Would bullets made in 2009 be old or new?

The bullets were 195 gr. .323" bullets shot at 2520 fps and hit 50 yards away.

I dunno when or even IF any change was made in the 8mm Interlocks. So far I have only seen the change in .30 180's, and am not assuming the change was made throughout the line.

With the ease of communication these days, the bullet companies can easily post an "update" on their websites. They all have them. Is that asking too much? As bullet performance is the most important element of the hunt, why should we settle for "bullet roulette"? Seems to me it would be good public relations to let the customer know.

Are we going to be relegated to sectioning bullets before we hand load for the next hunt?

Would this not be a change that will eventually be spread across the entire Hornady line? It would seem to be strange if they only applied the change in a few bullets. Perhaps as the dies wear and are replaced, Hornady's plans are to apply the new design across-the-board.

Question: How receptive is Hornady to customer feedback? If reports indicate breakup of the new design and the older design holds together, what are the chances they might re-consider the new design?

Doesn't seem like it would be very difficult for them to go back to the previous design, does it? That is unless they decided the metallurgy (proportions of the constituent metals) for the jacket and the core for the old design was getting too expensive for their price point, and the new design was deemed needed for their new metallurgy.

As luck would have it I just bought some of that very bullet on line Sunday. I would not want a field problem, thanks for posting JB.

For what it is worth: All the old reliable companies are being taken over by younger people who did not have to sweat it out, they just roll with the name and reputation.

This goes for Hornady, Hodgdon, Ruger, Remington, Barnes. There have been posts of all them going down in quality/service. You can find the same in autos, trucks, appliances, you name it.

I will have to think over which bullets I want to use now. I always liked the interlock being as I am a "poor" man.

I want to see a new bullet cut open like the one a previous guy posted.

I do not believe until.

Hornady did not respond to my email, anyone had a response from Hornady?

It's amazing how we can hear about one bullet coming apart and from that know the age of the company executives.