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I have had a lot of success with the old Remington Core Loc. Silvertips as well.
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the speer 175 mag-tips are awesome in my 280 remington
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For me Remington Corelokts. Even when used in not exactly the right situation meaning, too light of a bullet at too high velocity on a large elk at 30 yards still did the job.
Diplomacy is the art of saying "Nice doggie" until you can find a rock.
Will Rogers
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Lately still using the Sierra 170 grain FN in my 30-30's and also the Hornady 160FTX as they are readily available. The 170 Sierra is a good killing bullet and I have a good supply of them..
I haven't shot any game animals with the 160FTX as of this posting. I consider the FTX a premium bullet as they cost right at the 30 dollar per hundred price point
In the 30-06 I use whatever 180 grain I can find. Currently working on 4 boxes of 180 grain RN Interlocks a 24 hr member graciously sold me. Have a few Sierra 180 SP's and also some Hornady 180 SP's that shoot well also.
Soon whatever bullet one can find to purchase might be the bullet of choice.
Take your kids and your grand kids huntin' and shootin'.
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I haven't shot any game animals with the 160FTX as of this posting. I consider the FTX a premium bullet as they cost right at the 30 dollar per hundred price point
Have shot probably 75 pigs and a handful of goats with the 160g FTX ( the 30-30 version ) out of my 308 Win, loaded to around 2675fps. They are good fast killers. Exits on goats and most pigs, no exits on pigs over 50kg in most cases. They would be great on fallow deer I feel which are usually under 100kg.
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Whttail,
Contrary to another popular belief, the jackets of Core-Lokts never did have an "hour-glass" contour to keep the rear core inside. The only bullet I'm aware of that did was the Federal Deep-Shok. It was designed as a cup-and-core that would act like a premium bullet. It worked exactly as designed, but proved just as expensive to manufacture as a premium bullet, so was dropped within a couple of years. I sectioned a Remington 6.5mm 140 grain Core-Lokt and it had an effectively hour glass shaped jacket thanks to the dual cannelure. Such a long bullet left a lot of lead in the base locked in. To top it off, it was also a dual diameter so the rear half was larger than the front half. Looked like it would behave like a Partition but I never put one into an animal.
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I still have a few hundred 165 gr Nosler Solid Bases on hand, they work well.
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