Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Ask The Gunwriters A 30-06 and a 180 Interlock and elk

They don't walk away from a Hornaday!

It seems to me you're asking two questions.

1. Will a IL expand at 200 yards?

And......

2. Will an IL blow up at 50 yards with a 2775 muzzle velocity?

#1. YES and waaay beyond that. #2. NO

They load the 180 gr FBSP IL in factory .300 Weatherby Magnum ammo. Weatherby thinks it's good enough to hold up at .300 wby magnum velocities. On the low end it will also reliably expand at low velocities. IMHO it has one the broadest ranges of reliable expansion and integrity available in any bullet. Of course, it's debatable as to which bullet has the broadest range, but there's no flies on an IL.

BTW. I've decided that the 165 gr IL BTSP in a 30-06 is perfect for my intended uses. I get better accuracy with the 165 BTSP over the FB 180's in my rifle.

That's my inexperienced non-gunwriter opinion.

I'll echo most of these guys as well. 4 quite some time I ran amuck with a 21" 06 tube on my G33/40. Shot pretty much all that moved with one of 3 loads (165 Sierra HPBT, 180 Horn sp and the 180 Nozler Part). They all worked well and killed the dog snot out of game.

The load I used ran the 180's at about and can't see a reason not to use the Horn for all that moved.

Dober

I generally don't talk much about bullet performance or failures but I will talk about this one.

I recently lost a rocky mountain goat who took up cliff-diving on the upper stretches of Barnard Glacier. I was using Superperformance 180 grain interlocks and I nailed him right behind the should two times before he got to the cliff and jumped. He did die but he was hung up 65 feet below me and 350 feet above where I could get to. I shot the goat a good 200 yards away from the cliff and he was only 235 yards away. I am very sure that my cooper model 52 hit him in the right place and I could see that I hit him about 2 inches below the should which was my point of aim. My mother had dropped the gun but it wasn't too far off.

The jury is still out for me on Interlocks.

Sincerely,
Thomas

SST version?

Been using them for years on Colorado elk. My 30/06 load is 56 grains of IMR4350 & Win LR primer. They have taken 2---6x6, 3---5x5 and quite a few cows. I've also used them on bighorn, mtn goat, deer, black bear & antelope all here in Colorado. Plus a Shira moose on WY.

They work well in the 30/06. CB

When I first started hand loading and looking for THE bullet to use, I studied every makers bullet that was available to me in the stores. I compared how the jackets were made, why they were made a certain way, type of lead even and ultimately the bullet shape and how that would affect trajectory and energy.

Hornady, 165 BTSP for 308 and 180 BTSP for 30-06 is what I have used since but for two kills using the Accubond.

As far as cost, a single bullet for a kill is cheap at even $5.00 apiece, but one needs to practice with THE bullet they plan to use and an affordable bullet for practice and hunting is what the Interlock is. Even bullets with the same BC do not react the identically, every make reacts differently.