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I'm trying the 139 grain out of a 7mm-08 this year. Anyone had any good experience with it?
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140 gr. IL outta the fhaggy .270 will kill just about anything around here. Yep. I've killed a pile of deer with the 130 INTLK as well. No issues.
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I hope the new guys, and the guys at Hornady notice this thread.
You NEVER have a thread go three pages on the fire without a couple guys tuning in to say how much someone else's choice sucks...
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Their is a fella on alaska forums and he cusses the interlock like their is no tomorrow. His bud used 338 rcm for moose using 225 hornady and lost most of a shoulder but he never elaborated if it was the sst or std sp interlock. I suspect it was the sst. I killed my first elk up by Timothy lake area using a interlock bullet. I killed plenty other animals using the interlock.
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Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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Bang. Flop.
That's been my experience with 170 grain 30-30 loads out of a Marlin 336.
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The 150 grain interlock sure has worked well in my .300 Savage for many decades....
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I've killed a couple of handfulls of aoudad with the 154IL/7mag combo. Not a complaint one from me on this fine bullet. My son has also levelled a few aoudad and whitetails with the 139IL/7-08 combo and it is a great combo as well. Just this past May I was in Namibia and shared camp with a fine fella from Michigan who was on his 27th safari. He was toting a .338 and 200g IL's and they worked perfectly.
They must be pretty well regarded as being accurate too. When I bought my Hill Country Rifles 7mag a couple of years ago, they guarantee a sub 1" group with factory ammo. The ammo used to test the 7mags they produce was/is the Hornady Custom 154g IL loads.
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140 gr. IL outta the fhaggy .270 will kill just about anything around here. Yep. I've killed a pile of deer with the 130 INTLK as well. No issues. I'm not really counting deer.
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JGR: I used a .375 and Hornady 270 grainers on PG in Namibia on one trip.....absolutely perfect performance.
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JGR: I used a .375 and Hornady 270 grainers on PG in Namibia on one trip.....absolutely perfect performance. I was thinking that bullet would be perfect for elk too. Any experience with this bullet on elk??
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I have never used this bullet on game, so I am looking for some experiences of folks who have. I typically hunt whitetail/wild pig size game and am sure it will work fine, as most bullets do. Specifically looking at the 150gr out of a .30/06, 100gr out of a .243, and the 60gr out of a .223. Thanks. I personally prefer the 165 grain bullet in a .308 bore, especially if the cartridge is a .308 Win or .30-06 Springfield. The only time I ever saw any indication of bullet misbehavior was when I hit the spine on a raking shot, at close range, and at about 2900 fps mv with a .30-06. I can hardly fault the bullet in that case. The rest have been pass-throughs without any excessive damage. And, accuracy was more than acceptable. I have fired the 150 grain Interlock, but have never taken game with it. Accuracy was quite good in the rifles I fired them out of, and I would use them without reservation if inclined to do so. I simply prefer 165s. I avoid the 150 SST like the Plague. The ones I had were glorified varmint bullets. In 6mm, the 100 grain spirepoint flatbase is the most accurate bullet I have fired out of my .243, averaging about .6, so they discontinued it... In my .30-30, with IMR3031 and the 170 grain FP, the rifle I have exhibits exceptional accuracy for a rattle-trap M94, and on-game performance cannot be faulted......so they discontinued it. In .223, I have no experience with anything other than the VMax, and that's not what you're asking about, so I can't comment.
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Yep.....The one on the right caught one....
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Thanks Ingwe. I was digging thru my stuff earlier today and ran across some 270 gr. .375 pills. I also found some 300gr. Hornady solids????
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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You probably wont need the solids..... Like any cored solid, they had a habit of deforming slightly on heavy game like elephant. Monolithic solid is the only way to go, should the great herds come back
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... I will never use the solids...
I try to stick with the basics, they do so well. Nothing fancy mind you, just plain jane will get it done with style. You want to see an animal drop right now? Shoot him in the ear hole. BSA MAGA
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I used the 270gr IL in my 375 weatherby mag many yrs ago on a east north side any elk permit. One dead elk no blood shot meat didn't recover a bullet though far as I know it's stuck in a tree I suppose.
Then STFU. The rest of your statement is superflous bullshit with no real bearing on this discussion other than to massage your own ego. Suckin' on my titties like you wanted me.
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I have used the 100 gr 243 dia,the 139 and 154 gr in 284 dia,and the 150 gr 308 ia ,with nothing but good results,over the last 35 years.
I use them or NBT these days.
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60 SP has worked fine here on deer in the 223. I don't think I'd want to push it faster though.
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The 195g 8mm is great in the 8x57 a little too "soft" formy liking in the .325WSM. I loaded up the 140 for a buddy in his .270 wonderful and consistent performance and accuracy.
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The Hornady Interlock is one of my go to bullets.
I've used a bunch of 154 gr spire points in my 7x57 for a lotta years and has always been a consistently accurate bullet that has performed well on NY whitetails.
The 140 gr BTSP does just as well from a 270 WSM.
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