I was really hoping to find a ruger made marlin, no luck, and some thing elts caught my eye, the new core-lokt tipped ammo. So, I bought a box in 7mm rem mag 150gr. The store I frequent just started getting more ammo back.... Had no idea big green was making such.

Watched the video's from Remington....course its the best thing since sliced bread, go figger..... It is available in all the popular calibers up to the 300 win mag I believe.

Anyhow, has someone made something dead with the 'new' core-lokt or won any long range matches with Remington's fancy centerfire fodder??

I've been wanting to give it a try, but haven't seen it in stock on shelves anywhere yet. Was kind of surprised to see the online prices for it. I know everything has gone up recently, but it seems kind of pricey for a core lokt with a poly tip.

Wonder if Remington's Lonoke plant is making the slug or if it is purchased from Hornady?

With a green tip it might be a Sierra?

Remington ammo was bought up by Vista outdoors or in umbrella corporate terms, cci, speer, rcbs and such. I would almost think the bullet be one of there own creations hopefully.

I would hope big green would improve its own... my last few boxes of the stuff we'll, one it made my 7 mag look good, the other was ho-hum. ..We're the fed and win stuff shot notably better. Remington was having a rough last few years before the big bankruptcy...

Sounds like a good way for them to be able to double the price.....

I wish them all the best.

I don’t shoot much factory ammunition, but if I see some of the tipped Core-Locked in one of my chambering I might give it a try. Just for old times sake.

I've seen a few review videos on YouTube in a few cartridges. First impression is it's accurate and a few shot into gel looks like they expanded well, but I haven't seen any really try to stress it and see how it does.

I don't shoot much factory ammo, I do like to try different factory loads on occasion and see if it will match p.o.I of my handloads. Which this stuff prints in line and one inch higher Compared to my retumbo/175 gr. PartItion load.

Didn't put them across the chrono, just beat up my 100 yard steel gong to see how the loads compared.

The BCs and weights are not the same as the commercial Sierra Tipped Game Kings. Don't think they are the "Gamechangers"

Yup. The short side of that is that sometimes the factory stuff is just a little better. Rarely ... but it happens. If the factory stuff shoots better, I steal the OCL.

The visual quality of these new core lokt are much better when compared to a regular box of 7mm rem mag 150 gr. Core lokt of a few years back, wich shot fine for factory ammo....
Cannot say the same for the 175 gr. Core lokt fodder back then. The broad side of barns were completely safe. The only good from the 175 gr. Load was the brass.

I bought two boxes of 30-30 last fall , no plastic tips. They are accurate but of the seven I have tried so far one was a dud. Never had any problem with dead primers with Remington ammo but I have heard others who have. Not sure if this is the newest stuff or not but they had been out for a while when they got this in .

I read the F&S review of the Core-Lokt Tipped, which they tested from a Nosler M21 chambered in 6.5 CM.

What I'm not sure they realized is the results also inadvertently highlight the rifle.

The best they could do using a 15x scope was 1.26" groups.

That's pretty freakin' sad for a 6.5 CM.

Nosler M21? Uhhh... no.

Pretty high grade rifle to turn groups like that.... But it is just factory ammo.

A rifle is only as good as the ammo loaded into it and the shooter..... Even if it is a glossy field and steam rag scribbler doing the shoot'n.

That M21 test says nothing about the ammo or rifle. I have had rifles that shot one factory load sub moa and another different one over 4"
all depends on what the gun likes, but handloading usually brings out the best in a rifle.

I have one rifle, a 280 AI custom built that shoots Nosler ammo with 140 gr accubonds in .3 moa groups and 162 eldx precision hunter ammo in .5 moa groups. bought a bunch of the Hornady stuff and haven't bothered reloading for it.

Then I have an import 7-08 that shoots 150 gr eldx handloads into half moa groups (bullets seated way out) and will not shoot factory ammo under an inch. I figure the throat was cut for longer round nose bullets, So this on eI load for...

SnT

Bumping this back up. Curious if anybody had any experience with the Core Lokt Tipped ammo this season on game? Shot some out of my Tikka 270 Win Roughtech the other day and it shot 1/2 moa out to 200 yards, but just curious about the on game performance.

They can make them any color. Tips are gray on the CT ballistic silvertips and colored in the standard Nosler line.

Word on the street is they are hornady sst with a green tip...

I did manage to run one through a 4x4 whitetail buck. Not a whopper but he was handy as in 200 yards from the house. Thought I reported back here but I see I did not...

With the 7mm rem mag 150 gr. Core lokt tipped around 130-ish yards the Bullet just touched the buck in the rear edge of the left shoulder meat as the deer was quartered a little toward me. Expansion was obviously instant, only the hide had a 7mm hole in it, damage was not bad to the shoulder but the vitals were soup. The bullet made a very consistent sized elongated 1-1/4" straight hole all the way through the deer exiting in the rear portion of the opposite side ribs.

The buck did some funky front end dance at the shot, spun around and made it 40 yards or so with a blood trail to follow in the snow and fell over.

Some sure do look like SST but some seem to have flat base vs boat tail. Hmm? The SST shoots sub moa out of hand loads in my 270 and 06.
Personally, I just don’t care for corelokts. Old or new.
Give me some federal blue box or fusions. Or even Winchester extreme points is better shooter for a fraction more.

Wasn't that what the AccuTips were? Hornady SSTs but with a gold tip?

So they've changed the colour of the tip and called it a new name ?

Cool marketing.

I was always very pleased with the old corelokt bullets.

The old core lokts have been really reliable and accurate for me in handloads. My friend has been shooting 130 grain core lokts for over 20 years in his pre 64 270. He has killed dozens of elk and deer with that bullet. He just killed a big cow elk about a month ago at 400 yds. Through both lungs, she trotted a little bit, and then fell over dead. Pretty low drama. I did get him to put a SS 3x9 on the rifle, and he loves it. Pretty much just uses the hash marks for holdover.

My 9ld user name was Corelokt.