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I've used the traditional interlock for a long time but have recently switched to the SST and a few bonded bullets. For deer the result is the same.....dead deer and quickly.

Yesterday I shot a 4 X 4 Mulie at about 265 yards with a 117 SST from a .257 Roberts.

One shot and the buck run a 10 yard circle but didn't make the entire circle.

The exit hole in the rib cage was about the size of a half dollar.

I'm not sure one can expect anything better. The SST is an interlock as well! I just think they're a bit more aerodynamic.....they sure shoot well!

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I probably have more red and white bullet boxes on my bench than the others put together. There's a reason, although stem to stern penetration is not always a given, the dead deer are....


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I loaded some of the Hornady Interlock 139 gr 7mm bullets over 42.5 grains of H4895 for a little over 2,800 fps for my Model 7 in 7mm08 . Tested them for penetration side by side with factory loaded Remington Cor-Lokt 140s. The Hornady bullet kept it's core intact while the Cor-Lokt was found with jacket and core separated. Haven't shot any critters with it though as my rifle didn't like that bullet/powder combination. Need to try some other powders as that looks to be a good bullet for my type of whitetail hunting.


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The SST is an interlock as well! I just think they're a bit more aerodynamic


I think they open a bit quicker on game compared to the regular version.

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There are many good bullets. Problem is most have lead in them and will soon be banned. Barnes, Remington, Hornady and Nosler have all come out with monolythic bullets for that reason.

Better start looking for one you like. We killed 4 Antelope and 2 deer this year with the ancient 300 Savage 99 using the 130 gr Barnes TSX & TTSX. All one shot kills and groups under 1"@ 2800 fps.

I will admit to a bias toward Barnes.

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My first kill with my new to me 300win mag on an axis buck over the weekend was with a 180gr Interlock at 3,000 fps. It was DRT. I should have taken a pic of the wound channel but failed to.I made a high shoulder shot that shattered the spine and left a softball size hole in the ribs on both sides.Bullet pretty much desintegrated and did not exit.At 160yds I figured it would exit but I guess it had a little too much velocity for the range.I'll keep using them.Interlocks seem accurate in every caliber I try them in.
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I'm taking my 9.3X62 deer hunting next weekend with 286 gr Hornandy Interlocks. The 9.3 needs to go hunting and Oklahoma deer are all I have to hunt this year. The Hornady's are very accurate and make more sense for deer than Nosler Partitions which are even more accurate.

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I've shot 7 fallow deer, 4 bucks and 3 does, with 139gr interlocks and they've all have exited leaving very dead deer.
I'm running them over 44grs of AR2208 (Varget to you guys) and they shoot well out of my Rem700 7mm 08.
If I have to go to just one bullet for that rifle, the interlock would be the one.

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There are many good bullets. Problem is most have lead in them and will soon be banned. Barnes, Remington, Hornady and Nosler have all come out with monolythic bullets for that reason.

Better start looking for one you like. We killed 4 Antelope and 2 deer this year with the ancient 300 Savage 99 using the 130 gr Barnes TSX & TTSX. All one shot kills and groups under 1"@ 2800 fps.

I will admit to a bias toward Barnes.

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the bullet in the front row - middle - must be the .308 cal. 150 gr. FN Barnes makes for the .30-30. Correct?
Do yoe (or anyone else) have expirience with this bullet at .30-06 striking velocities?

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My favourite bullet is the Hornady. I'm running the 100gn in one of my .250-3000s and a .257 Roberts and will soon load the 117gn BT in a .25-06.

I wish they would make a 225gn Interlock in .358 for my Whelen. I have some Sierras and Speers (220gn) but would buy the Hornadys if I could.


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Not in an 06' but in a 300 H&H at 3200 fps. It will cut a Yote in 1/2. Needless to say, it's not a 500 yard bullet more like a 30 caliber 150 gr TNT.

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I shot a pile of deer with that same bullet in my 7mm-08, but in the Light Magnum loading. I shot a 180 lb. buck at approximately 25 yards, coming straight to me and it penetrated all the way through the deer and I found what was left of the bullet under the hide of the hindquarter. The bullet had expanded down to the interlock ring so the mushroom I found was quite small but I found fragments of jacket throughout the deer. Needless to say, that buck never made it over 50 yards. The rest of the deer that I shot with those bullets had exit holes so it is a pretty decent bullet. The only reason I quit using them was because the Core lokts that I used before this were much cheaper and I always got the same basic results with them and couldn't really tell that much difference.

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Greg,

The plain ol' Hornady Interlock has been one of my favorite bullets for many years. I've taken a semi truck load of WT, Mulies,hogs and a couple aoudad rams with them over the years.

Personally I don't think there is a better deer/antelope bullet made. I shot animals from 30 ft (my largest mulie) to almost 400 yds (hog), The only one I had come apart was the 11 pt. mulie at 30 ft from my 270, impact velocity was around 3000 fps (no big suprise it came apart) but it still killed him dead as a hammer.

The interlocks I have recovered (which have been very few) always look like something from a bullet advertisement, perfect mushroom with the core still intact.

Oh, and they usually shoot tiny groups from everything I try them in.

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My family has killed a bunch of deer and elk with a 7 Mag using a load of 63.0g of IMR 4350, Rem brass, 91/2 primer, 154g Hornady Interlock seated with the bullet touching the lands.

Large hogs shot in Texas had complete pass throughs on both shoulders on broadside shots.

In the 30/06, the 150g Hornady flat base Interlock loaded with 59.0g of IMR 4350 is chomping on 3000 fps, accurate, and very deadly on whitetails. In the '06, a 180g Hornady flat base with 56.0-57.0g of IMR 4350 saws up 350 lb hogs.

In a 243 Win, the 100g Hornady BTSP defines a great bullet in that caliber for hogs and deer.

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I've not utilized the .284/139 gr at all, though once my 7x57 is complete I'm sure it'll see much field time.

I have used the 180 gr RN through '06s to take a few whitetails.

Here is a pic of my hunting partner and his buck taken at our deer camp this past Sunday, killed with that combination... looks like the buck thought it humerous, but my bro Corey won out:

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Recently I have gone back and forth btwn the 129 InterLock and 130 Accubond in my 6.5x55 for WT. At Swede speeds, both bullets kill equally as quick as the other and both always exit. Biggest differnce is price, and you don't need an "premium" bullet to kill WT's.


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I have had nothing but good things to say about the Interlock. My go to load for all of my 30-06 consist of a 165gr Interlock and I use them to take all kinds of game.

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I have used the 117 gr. and 100 gr. Hornady from a .257 Roberts and the 154 gr. Hornady from a .280, all with great results on deer sized game over the years.

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I use the 120 hp in my 25-06, 150fb in my 270 Win, and 165s and 180s in my 30-06s with VERY good results. The Interlocks are indeed a grand bullet. Tom

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I've only used them in my .358... They've worked great.


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