My buddy bought a box of Remmy CLs for his 243.

keep in mind that both of our 243s are spot on.

His gun wouldn't shoot them good. At best an 8" circle. I shot a few rounds out of my 243 this morning and the same thing happened.
I've always shot CLs and never had an issue

My only conclusion is that it was a bad batch.

Contact Remington and have the batch # when you do. Might get a replacement from them but mostlikely have to send the unused bullets back to Remington. 8 inches is more of a pattern than a group

Never seen Core Lockts shoot worth a darn. None that were produced in the last 15 years, anyway.

Truth told for sure.

They are notorious for poor accuracy. Learn from the experience and don't purchase them again.

Truth told for sure.

They are notorious for poor accuracy. Learn from the experience and don't purchase them again.

Agreed

I'll be the one to disagree. My 30-06 seems to like them in the 165 gr better than any other factory ammo I've tried.

Shot 130 grain corelocks out of my 270 for a few years before I started reloading, I never had accuracy issues with them.

I have to agree, I guess since I did not know any better, that is all I ever bought for my .270 since as far back as I can remember. I still shoot it in my 7mm08 AR10. Yes I do reload but that is where my brass comes from for my deer gun and my LR toy.

I, for one, have had nothing but good luck with CL's. They get a bad rap but not from me.

I shot them for years in my 243. It's not match ammo but it always produced decent accuracy.

If it is shooting an 8" group, id call Remington.

I have had some many problems with Remington 22 ammo. My son in law had a lot of problems out of Remington primers. I guess it makes since to have problems out of the CL's to.

I don't buy the 22 ammo or primers anymore.

This.

I don't load for my .270 Win. X-Bolt as the Corelokts are what it loves. Good performance on all game I've ever shot with it.

My 243 has always shot CL good. Guess I can shoot a few out of each box that Inhave

My 30-06 shoots them very well...I don't do any competitive shooting.

Same with me. I check my .270's prior to each hunting season, all are sighted in with the Remy 130's - I buy several boxes a year. The poi never changes from year to year. I won't shoot anything else.

I used to use them, but like others stated, they started going south. Accuracy became questionable in .243 and .308. I chrono'd a batch of .308 two years ago and top to bottom was a 150fps spread on 8 rounds. That's not cool. I've switched to Hornady and Federal and will soon be buying strictly from Chad for the .308. Will use the remainder as foulers.

My T/C Encore .270 Win shoots 130 grain Core Lokt great (just under MOA). Have taken a lot of game with that round, from under my stand to 350 yards. Shoot it regularly out to 500 yards at the range. Have tried a variety of "premium" ammo, but keep coming back to the "deadliest mushroom in the woods".