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If those 180 ptsp Core Lokts were thicker back in the day, it is probably why they didn’t expand as quickly verses the round nose 180’s when I tested them side by side into dry paper phone books. Our deer camp never lost a deer hit anywhere with that round nose Core Lokt and we never stopped one in a deer either. They still have the round nose for the .308 and .30-06, but regrettably dropped it in the .300 Savage. The last deer that I killed with that .300 Savage just fell over drt with that bullet.

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100 Grain CoreLokts RN in my 250-3000 Savage

35 Whelen 250gr.... My Mauser 21" barrel loves them. Took a lot of tinkering to get similar performance in a 250gr handload

170gr in the 30-30 was always a workhorse. How about the 405 in the 45-70? Killed a cpl deer with that this year and kinda like it.

It's a tie for me. I've loaded the 100gr 6mm bullet for my 243 for 30 years and never had a failure and always got the fastest kills for deer. My son did recover 2 from deer he shot with them, and they held together. The rest were pass throughs like all of mine. I've loaded 165gr for my 30-06 for many years and always got great performance. I got great accuracy with the 165s from a Ruger tanger I had. My 7x57 load is with the 140gr CL.

I have shot two 150gr core lokts (.284 dia) out of a 7x57 at elk and both resulted in lovely one shot kills. The first was a raghorn bull I killed in a general area on a steep hill , he was trotting up a trail. Hit the last rib on the right side and bullet came to rest in the point of the brisket. It had passed through the center of the heart. This was my first elk and can remember the entire weekend with vivid detail........ The bullet looked at exactly like the old Remington advertisments, "Most deadly mushroom in the Woods"

It seems to me that Remington is missing the boat these days not offering the CLs for reloaders given the lack of other components for sale.

I think there is a good market potential for basic plain jane C&C bullets with a good reputation for accuracy and performance. I haven't seen CLs for sale in Canada for years.

The only ones I have now are a small few 200gr RNs for the 35Remington.

D. None of the above

I like them. I've used them to take a few deer when I was a youngster without any issues.

My father-in-law, he didn't like them, said they caused too much meat damage.

I have friends in Montana who like them; they shoot 270 Win. and 30-06's They kill elk almost every year using these bullets.

Take care

They are offering them. They are on their website. Unfortunately they are unavailable at this time

Remington has not sold any bullets in Canada for years. They would sell if they were offered.

I have used Reemington Cor Lokts in lots of chamberings. I have used them in .243, .308 Win and .30-06 enough to have an opinion as follows:

My favorite: .243 Winchester - 100 grain - The whole family used this load for deer until they became unavailable. Now it is I/L BT's or NPT's. We never had any issues with performance and still haven't. REL-19 gives the best accuracy for us.

My second: .308 Winchester 150 grain - We used this in factory and handloads. Switched to 150 gr I/L (availability) Good for deer, I prefer Power Points or NPT's for elk.

My third: .30-06 Springfield 180 gr PSP. I used this for many years in handloads and factory when needed. Unfortunately, about 15 years ago I started to get erratic performance. I still have some factory around but no longer handload it. I use Interlocks now for practice and fooling around. I use a handloaded NPT for most hunting.

They haven't sold any in America either

Still have a bunch left just picked up 300 165gr psp .308". The old ones were the tits...mb

Only like 3....the 180gr .308” RN, the 200gr .358” RN and the 405gr .458” FN

Party on!