Home Forums Reloading Big Game Rifles The 358Win and.200gr Round nose Core-Lokts

I've been shooting the 200gr RN core-lokts in my 35Rem for years and have had perfect results loading them to a chronographed 2200fps. My question is have you ever loaded that same bullet in a 358Win picking up to 2400fps or above? I would much rather hear real-world experience o er what someone thinks it would do. But I'm sure I'm gonna get some opinions anyway so feel free to give either.



Goat

I am curious about them as well. I found several 100 packs at a local hardware store for $10 a box/bag, boxes were falling apart. They bagged them up and I thought they would be handy for something, possibly pigs thru the AR.

I shot four deer in one little spree on the last day of deer season in 2015. I was using a Browning BLR 358. My load was some 40+ grains of IMR 3031 and the 200 grain Remington RNCL and velocity was a bit over 2500 fps. All bullets exited and none of the four deer fell out of sight. I would say great bullet! Sadly I sold the 358 and my present Whelen won't shoot them worth a hoot.

I loaded them in a 35 whelen at 2675. They did a great job on every deer I shot. All pass throughs except one.

On my 35 Rem, I use them. On my 358 I use 200 Horn IL SP. I'm confident the RN CL would work excellent in the 358.

I load the 180 Barnes for a 99, they go damn near through the same hole. I killed a lot of deer with core-loks. They would be just fine.

Thanks to one and all. This is exactly the kind of real world experiences I was hoping to get. I knew that Remington has had a long time to figure that particular Core-Lokt out. I don't know the year they started making that 35caliber 200gr roundnose or if they had to make adjustments to the lead hardness along the way or the jacket thickness etc,etc... I know I have had no doubt about its use in the original cartridge in which it was loaded. Or I think it was first, the very mild 35 Remington. Mild it may be, but to use the wornout cliche', "It kills better than its on paper ballistics would suggest." In fact though, I think all 35caliber rifles do that.
Thanks again for your insights and experiences!

Goat

I shot my "Whelenizer" for over a decade with 200 grain Corelokt spcl's and took more than a deer a year with it.

This is a REM 7600 in 35 Whelen that I downloaded a bit so that it'd shoot more like a 358 WIN.

The bullet did a good job. The only reason I put it aside is that I was not getting THAT much better performance than a 30-06.

I tried the Remington 200gr in my .35 Whelen and found that Hornady Inter-lok 200gr. RN bullets shot better as far as accuracy. I used a IMR 3031 load that I found in Ken Waters' Pet Loads. I recovered one of the Hornady bullets from a buck that I shot at 100yds., it was perfectly mushroomed and retained 66% of its original weight.

Check out these links...
https://www.marlinowners.com/threads/35-remington-bullet-performance-part-ii-handloads.5328/
https://www.marlinowners.com/threads/bullet-tests-focus-on-30-cal-190-hawk-and-35-rem.150046/

Here is some 358 piggie kills, 180 Barnes

Man, you got some gutting and skinning to do! Heck of a day.

I prefer the 200gr Hornady SP in my 358 Win for most applications. I knew my ranges would be longer than usual and used the Barnes 180gr TTSX on this 200lb bear at 265yds a few weeks ago.

Thanks, Dinny

My gun likes 3031. Lately I’ve loaded up with Speer 220s. It works good everything I’ve shot. I would like to try some 200 gr Accubonds with Tac powder.