After seeing all the controversies unfold about the cheap remington loads,i just had to through in my two cents. Last years bought a remington 700 VS in 22-250. Fantasic gun, comes complete with hs precision stock, heavy barrel, etc. Problem with a gun like that (other than the extra weight) is that it is hard to find a bullet that can shoot as good as it can. After shooting nearly every type of factory ammo out there including winchester, hornady, federal, and even a few handloads, the only bullet that shot exceptionally well was the "corejunks!" in fact, second best load through that gun was the federal premium BTHP. After trying this same thing in some of my other guns, i also realized that this was true in some of my other small caliber guns. I now shoot "corejunks" in my .223 and 25-06.
ssternadel, I have used corlokts in many of my guns over the years and I have never had any of the problems that a lot of these people online talk about. The first deer rifle I ever bought with my own money was a 30-06 when I was 18. I used 150 grain Rem corlokts in it for the next 10 years. You couldn't haul the deer I killed with that gun and bullet combination in a duel wheeled dump truck. Never had a shell snap. Never had a bullet blow up on impact with a deer. Never had one pencil hole through without expanding. Since then, I've used corlokts in 243, 25-06, 7mm-08 and 7mm mag to kill deer. All did the job equally well. Bullets are to gun hunters what broadheads often are to bowhunters, A SCAPEGOAT when a deer is wounded and lost. If I blacklisted every bullet or broadhead I have read at least one internet horror story about then I'd probably have to quit hunting.
I now let the individual rifle show me at the range what bullet it likes best. But if that bullet turned out to be a corlokt I would not hesitate to use it.
I've been using Corelokts for quite awhile now.I've had good results from them. I bought some Federal Premium 7mm RM 130gr Ballistic Tips.It shot terribly. 3.5" group at best.I tried CL's and it shoots 1"- 1.25" . I know it will do much better working up a load for it.I've read some complaints about the CoreLokts. It's always easy to blame the rifle or the ammunition. Until I'm proven differently I'll keep using those cheap good for nothing CoreLokts.
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Same thing here. The 130 grain core lokts will consistantly print under an inch out of my .270 Win.
Regular ole plane Jane bullets will ususally group tighter than all of the bullets with "stuff" inside them like partitions, steel cups, bonding, etc. They are just easier to get the tollerances better when you don't have all of theat "stuff" in there. Just look at a "match" grade bullet, it is a regular lead core with a thin jacket around it.
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never had a problem with corelokts yet, i actually seek them out, find they shoot the best dollar for dollar, never needed a high dollar bullet for the lowly whitetail. seems to me if you aint huntin stuff that don;t try to eat, gore or stomp you, a corelokt in proper caliber will suffice. if you are huntin stuff that will try to eat gore or stomp you to death, i;d like a large solid please.
I'm glad to know that I am not the only one out there who is still a fan of GOOD cheap ammo. Something else that i noticed is that most who shoot a 7 mag say the the ballistic tips don't group very well. In my case, the corelokts grouped well, about 1 to 1.5 inches where the 150 grain ballistic tips consistently stay right around 1 inch.
It all boils down to personal experience, if thats what works than why fight it! Personally never could get them to fly great and haven't tried since. I also don't worry about the cost a few dollars more for bullets will not even scratch the surface of what I spend each year doing this sport. I shoot what gives me confidence and experience has shown will get the job done.
I have a 30-06 and a .243 that shoot coreloks great. My only gripe is that at the range when shooting 250 yards and over they have more drop than federal and winchester. They don't seem to have the power the others have. JMHO CG
I reload and use coreloks in my .300 Wm and my 30-30 Marlin with great results.The Marlin is my sons and when We got it I didn't have a set of 30-30 dies. We were in a hurry to try out the rifle and bought a couple of boxes of Factory Remington ammo. The best we could shoot was 5-6" groups from a rest at 100. We were dissapointed. I bought a set of dies and using Rem brass, and Rem Corelok bullets I shrunk the groups to 1 1/2 " with a 100 fps increase in velocity. I find the bullets are great the ammo needs some work.IMHO
Believe it or not, the 165 grain Core Lokt is the most accurate bullet in my 700 BDL .30-06. These bullets are about half the price of Hornady, my second choice favorite. I am going to hunt hogs with them in late December and can't wait to see how they perform in the field. They are great on paper.
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