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I still have some of those old Hornady's - for my 35 Remington


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Thanks to all that have replied. I plan to do more range work with the Hornady Interlock.

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Yeah, I should have been more clear INTERLOCK !

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Originally Posted by Seafire
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So the Interlock is sorta like a magic pill?


not really... they've just worked for decades, and one doesn't need to reinvent the wheel every season to be up on what the 'egg spurts' call the latest and greatest...


How does the 154 work with the Seafire Signature load of 40 grains of 3031?

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Originally Posted by Mule Deer
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The 150-grain .270 also works great on deer (and other stuff) and I've generally gotten better accuracy with it than the 130 or 140. My first .270 would group three into about an inch--at 300 yards.

This may date me some, but the 150-grain .270 Spire Point worked really well even before the Interlock ring was developed. Once put one into the front of the chest of a 300-pound mule deer that was above me on a mountain slope--and it broke the spine at the rear of the ribcage, just before exiting.


John, I agree their old spire points were a great bullet. I never had occasion to use the 150's, but your result don't surprise me.


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Originally Posted by RevMike
Originally Posted by Seafire
Originally Posted by MtnBoomer
So the Interlock is sorta like a magic pill?


not really... they've just worked for decades, and one doesn't need to reinvent the wheel every season to be up on what the 'egg spurts' call the latest and greatest...


How does the 154 work with the Seafire Signature load of 40 grains of 3031?

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MVs running right at 2750 fps IIRC, from a 22 inch barrel

certainly will do everything a 180 grain 30 caliber bullet out of an 06 at the same MV...

I admit to a soft spot for the RN in either bullet weight and caliber... I'm just too old school for my own good....

Actually credit for that load goes to an older Hornady Manual...

not "that Seafire" character... whistle

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Don: If I use DRTs as a valid measure, for me it has been the 100gr Hornady Interlock out of my 257. Not one deer has taken a step, EVER.


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Interesting Seafire,I tried Benchmark and a 139 gr BTSP Hornady in my Featherweight for my daughter to use this fall. Over the chronograph it's a getting a whoppin' 2480 fps average. The accuracy is about one inch +/- at 100 yds. So,when we get it sighted in for her and the groups are bigger,it's not the rifle,scope or load. wink

Have 500 of those bullets,so she has plenty for practicing.


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I like the interlokts as well, particularly the 154gr .284 variety. I've had excellent results on aoudad and some mule deer.


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MD: when did Hornady introduce the "Interlock"? Some time in the 70's, right?

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Interlocks, I use them in everything.

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Originally Posted by Seafire
I admit to a soft spot for the RN in either bullet weight and caliber... I'm just too old school for my own good....

Actually credit for that load goes to an older Hornady Manual...

not "that Seafire" character... whistle


Someone posted a pic of the two pages from that old Hornady manual on the favorite 7x57 loads thread. I copied it and filed it in my 7x57 notebook. I'm gonna give it a try, for sure. It's still surprising, though, after all these years that someone doesn't just include a "+P" section for the 7x57 in the manuals. If you compare the data in that old manual to the data in a new one, the new max loads are 5-6 grains less than shown in the old one. Two sections, one for old 93/95 Mausers and one for stronger rifles, would seem to be the ticket for beginning to wring top performance out of that old round.

By the way, if I understand correctly, the 154 gr RN Interlock has been discontinued. That's a shame.


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I've had excellent killing results with the InterBOND in the 243.

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The interbonds I've used killed really good. I had a heckuva time getting my rifles to shoot them accurately enough to hunt with them though.


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Originally Posted by JGRaider
The interbonds I've used killed really good. I had a heckuva time getting my rifles to shoot them accurately enough to hunt with them though.


Yep.

I had the same issue with the Interbonds.

This is a case where simple is better.


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Originally Posted by antelope_sniper
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The interbonds I've used killed really good. I had a heckuva time getting my rifles to shoot them accurately enough to hunt with them though.


Yep.
I had the same issue with the Interbonds.
This is a case where simple is better.


Thnx guys. I have thot about trying the Interb s so I'll save $$ and time and maybe aggravation. I'll pass on them.

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I have one rifle that shoots the 154 Interbonds well. That was a Ruger 77 in 280. The other two 7mm's I have (a T3 7-08 and another 77 in 7RM) did not seem to like them at all.

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Originally Posted by MissouriEd
270 Win=130 interlock
7x57=139 or 154 or 160 interlock


^^^^^^^^^^^^ This

I've used the 154 IL in the 7x57 on several deers. It works as advertised - no mess, just really dead critters. BTW: really dead is deader than just plain ole dead. <G>

When I shot the 270 25 years ago, I shot the 140 Horn but can't recall exactly which one, very likely the IL. I shot numerous PA deer and it went to Wyoming with me - collected a couple mule deer and antelope. No drama just dead animals.


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which ever one my rifle groups the best.


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I feel the Hornady 130 Interlock was a slower, more delayed killer on the small Texas Whitetail and antelope. I like how the SST does myself on them. The bigger whitetails up North, hogs and muleys should have enough body mass to open up that Interlock. I consider it a "hard" bullet as compared to say, Speer or Sierra boat tails. Just my take on it.

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