Doe Dumper (great handle by the way):

I am also a student of the 7-08 bullet game. However, I have shot factory offerings with Core-Lokts, and my two 7-08's didn't care for them, so beyond a few groups on the range, I have no experience with CL's out of the 7-08.

I have never not had a complete pass through with my 7-08. I have done some tests with water, plywood and the like to see how well different bullets held together. While nothing but a deer is really a deer, my tests showed that the Barnes TSX bullets held up the best. The 140 grainers didn't really lose any weight at 100 yards. Inside of 50, I did have some of the pettles get ripped off, but apparently its designed to do that. Weight retention otherwise was nearly always 100%.

What I like best about them is that they don't tear up a lot of meat like the Balistic Tips I used to shoot do. They are CERTAINLY effective, and whenever I took a deer with them, it was lights out on the spot (save one shot I botched, had to do a bit of following, but still, dead inside of 100 yards).

I am glad the CL's are working for you. I used to shoot them out of an '06 and took a few deer with them. They work well if you do your job with bullet placement!