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Ranking the cup and cores #15753165 02/06/21 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,390 M Mossy OP Campfire Regular OP Mossy Campfire Regular M Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,390 How do the current C&C bullets rank? Looking specifically at 270 WCF and 30-06. Let’s say accuracy it’s similar. Which would you choose for deer and elk?

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15753208 02/06/21 Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,542 T thumbcocker Campfire Regular thumbcocker Campfire Regular T Joined: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,542 Speer hot cor first. It would be a toss between hornady interlock and remington core lokt's. All heavy for caliber Last edited by thumbcocker; 02/06/21.

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15753279 02/06/21 Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,159 S.E. Alaska MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter MuskegMan Campfire Outfitter Joined: Sep 2004 Posts: 8,159 S.E. Alaska Horny, Remmy, then Speer. 180's in the '06 and 150's in the .270

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15753363 02/06/21 Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,648 Coues Country G GregW Campfire Ranger GregW Campfire Ranger G Joined: Aug 2005 Posts: 15,648 Coues Country Hornady Interlock first.... - Greg Success is found at the intersection of planning, hard work, and stubbornness.

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15753420 02/06/21 Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,038 JD45 Campfire Regular JD45 Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,038 Hornady always first. Then Sierras or Winchesters.

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15753447 02/06/21 Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 8,170 T TheKid Campfire Outfitter TheKid Campfire Outfitter T Joined: Apr 2010 Posts: 8,170 I used to be a Speer guy until they got weird with lineup changes and availability issues even before the panics. Switched to Sierras and later Hornady, still use some of both but mainly Hornady. Nosler Btips and Solid bases get lots of use by me too.

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15753651 02/06/21 Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,373 Portland, Ore D Dancing Bear Campfire Tracker Dancing Bear Campfire Tracker D Joined: Nov 2005 Posts: 4,373 Portland, Ore Hornady Interlock, WW Power Point, Speer Hot Core, Core-Lokt

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15753678 02/06/21 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,302 Northeast USA B beretzs Campfire Ranger beretzs Campfire Ranger B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,302 Northeast USA The Nosler Ballistic Tips and heavy ELDs are pretty danged good too. Semper Fi

Re: Ranking the cup and cores beretzs #15753704 02/06/21 Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,102 Banana Belt, Montana M Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna Mule Deer Campfire Kahuna M Joined: Jul 2001 Posts: 60,102 Banana Belt, Montana Originally Posted by beretzs The Nosler Ballistic Tips and heavy ELDs are pretty danged good too. Yep--but I suspect some purists only consider soft-points "real" cup-and-cores. “Montana seems to me to be what a small boy would think Texas is like from hearing Texans.” John Steinbeck

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15753746 02/06/21 Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT H HuntnShoot Campfire Outfitter HuntnShoot Campfire Outfitter H Joined: Jul 2013 Posts: 9,189 15 min from elk, MT I'd grab any and all for deer and elk, as long as the SD was there, so 150s in the 270 and 180's in the 30-06. Then I'd avoid ass-shooting, or "raking shots", as the pros call them. I belong on eroding granite, among the pines.

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mule Deer #15753772 02/06/21 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,302 Northeast USA B beretzs Campfire Ranger beretzs Campfire Ranger B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,302 Northeast USA Originally Posted by Mule Deer Originally Posted by beretzs The Nosler Ballistic Tips and heavy ELDs are pretty danged good too. Yep--but I suspect some purists only consider soft-points "real" cup-and-cores. I’m just a hack, so I didn’t think of that Semper Fi

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15753829 02/06/21 Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,739 California/Utah S super T Campfire Regular super T Campfire Regular S Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 2,739 California/Utah If NBT's aren't in the race, then it's Hornady IL and WW Power Point. Years ago I would have included the Remington Core lokt.

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15753954 02/06/21 Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,401 Texas R rickt300 Campfire Outfitter rickt300 Campfire Outfitter R Joined: Oct 2002 Posts: 13,401 Texas Like both the Hornady and the Speers. If we are allowed to add the Ballistic Tips I would say them first the other two a dead heat. Dog I rescued in January

Re: Ranking the cup and cores super T #15753991 02/06/21 Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,390 M Mossy OP Campfire Regular OP Mossy Campfire Regular M Joined: Oct 2003 Posts: 1,390 Where does the Federal JSP in the Power Shock line come in?

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15754042 02/06/21 Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,271 Brad Campfire 'Bwana Brad Campfire 'Bwana Joined: Oct 2000 Posts: 30,271 Originally Posted by Mossy How do the current C&C bullets rank? Looking specifically at 270 WCF and 30-06. Let’s say accuracy it’s similar. Which would you choose for deer and elk? Rank according to what criteria? Price? Toughness? LR compatibility? Availability? “Perfection is Achieved Not When There Is Nothing More to Add, But When There Is Nothing Left to Take Away” Antoine de Saint-Exupery

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15754064 02/06/21 Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,033 Carthage, Mississippi C czech1022 Campfire Tracker czech1022 Campfire Tracker C Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 3,033 Carthage, Mississippi I did a survey some years ago to find the preferred C&C bullet used by Campfire members for handloading - the Hornady Interlock ranked first with about half of all responses. All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing -- Edmund Burke

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15754091 02/06/21 Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,302 Northeast USA B beretzs Campfire Ranger beretzs Campfire Ranger B Joined: Apr 2011 Posts: 15,302 Northeast USA Originally Posted by Mossy Where does the Federal JSP in the Power Shock line come in? Isn’t it mostly a Speer bullet they use? Semper Fi

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15754142 02/06/21 Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,433 Silver City, MT M mcknight77 Campfire Regular mcknight77 Campfire Regular M Joined: Apr 2007 Posts: 1,433 Silver City, MT So, do we think the current Power Point is a better/stronger bullet than the current Core-Lokt? Jim

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15754143 02/06/21 Joined: Jan 2021 Posts: 472 Wyoming A Anteloper Campfire Member Anteloper Campfire Member A Joined: Jan 2021 Posts: 472 Wyoming Hornady Interlocks are very bad! Leave them alone! If you see any, especially the horrible 6.5/.264 129 gr., PM me so I can get them off the streets & no one else will have to deal with them. They are HORRIBLE!

Re: Ranking the cup and cores Mossy #15754246 02/06/21 Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,474 NSW, Australia Elvis Campfire Regular Elvis Campfire Regular Joined: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,474 NSW, Australia The Hornady Interlock would get my vote, both for accuracy and on game performance.