Highdesert, for me, deer is not the issue for terminal peformance. Just about any bullet out there is a great deer bullet. I look for accuracy. And usually Coreloks are all over the place. You try wieghting them, or measuring the ogive in reference to the tip, or check out velocity spreads. They are all over the place. For a 308, a good dynamic load it won't matter. I know, I got a load/gun in 308 that would could vary the bullet wieght, have runout of .007", and vary the COL by .01" and still get 1.5" groups.

You might get great accuacy out of Coreloks, but I don't think cause you do means everyone does. I reload for a FN tactical rifle in 308 that shoots factory Coreloks under 1MOA with a flyer every so many groups. It shoots my 168gr matchkings and 44gr of Varget .5MOA. Is it worth it? You bet ya.