You know, I've always heard that as well....bought some for three of my rifles....a .243, .308, and .270....and not one of them would group well with it. I'm sure it does great in other firearms though.

I'm guessing you're talking about fairly short to moderate ranges down there in FL.....so yeah, I'd probably start with the premium core-lokts and see how they shot...and then move up the price range. No use in spending 40 bucks a box on Winchester XP3's when a 18 buck box of core-lokts will shoot better and kill things just as dead.