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Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 01:49 PM
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Does anyone still hunt with Remington Core Lokt bullets? Dad started me on those, .30-.06, 150 gr. South Texas killing machines, good entry, good exits, plenty of blood trail, packs a solid punch. In 1980s/90s, could get boxes of them pretty much anywhere for $14-20. Nowadays up around $30 a box and not as easy to find with today's inflated prices. Also shoot the 100gr. Core Lokts out of my .25-.06, the laser beam. Does anyone else still shoot Core Lokts, what caliber and grain? .
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 02:33 PM
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Don't know how many boxes I have left but that was what we shot out of the .243 and .270 for a long time. I believe they were 100gr in the .243 and 130gr in the .270. Nowadays I'm using the 90gr Hornady ELD-X more, but that is more often because it's available when I'm buying than anything else.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 02:41 PM
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They are great bullets but they have a low BC and run out of steam pretty quickly and until recently the quality control for charge weights in factory ammo was atrocious. Close up they are the ones to beat. If I'm getting someone else's rifle ready for hunting and they're not hand loaders I will frequently just site in with the core-lokt tipped factory ammo and hand them a few boxes of it when I give the rifle back to them.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 02:50 PM
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I have several boxes I use on pigs in my 270. They do better on big hogs than my Hornaday SSTs I use for deer.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 02:58 PM
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In my 30-06 I've used the 150 grain PSP pretty much exclusively ever since I bought it as a young teen, they've always been excellent on deer and hogs. I'm interested in giving the tipped ones a try if I can ever find some 150 grain ones at a reasonable price.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 02:58 PM
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I use the 100 grain core-lokts in my 25-06 as well. They flat out hammer deer. Also used to used those in the .243 but don't ever really hunt that gun anymore.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 03:06 PM
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I used to use them but never really seemed to be able to group very well with them. Switched to Hornady SSTs and have been very happy.
After I made the switch I was talking with a range officer and he was talking about shooting accuracy. Said a good rule of thumb was that if he saw someone shooting with a green and yellow box of ammo - they would be all over the place.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 03:51 PM
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I have them for my .270 but would have to check on the grain
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 04:16 PM
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The last time that I weighed a batch they had twice the weight variance of similar Hornady bullets.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 04:23 PM
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In my 30-06 I've used the 150 grain PSP pretty much exclusively ever since I bought it as a young teen, they've always been excellent on deer and hogs. I'm interested in giving the tipped ones a try if I can ever find some 150 grain ones at a reasonable price. I have plenty of the 180gr ones if you need some. I Iive by SMU.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 06:03 PM
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Core-lokt ammunition transcends all logic we apply when reloading ammo. I've seen massive variances in charge weights from them but somehow they still tend to shoot as well or better across different rifles than most other ammunition out there. They are like shooting something with hand grenades, but that's not always bad either. I have a collection of separated jackets and lead cores saved from back in the day before I started reloading. And when they exit Ray Charles could follow the blood trail.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 06:30 PM
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I’ve shot deer with 100 grain 243, 130/150 grain 270 win, and 180 grain 30-06. They have done ok by me. Like most cup and core bullets, exactly what you hit changes how they do, heavy bone vs. ribs/lung.
I got a 20+ year old box from my uncle when I bought my 30-06. The 180 grain core locks had a 200 fps range in velocity yet still grouped moa at 100 yards. I shot deer with them for 2 years without complaint.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 07:01 PM
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I shoot only Remington Core-lokt ammunition in all my rifles (30-06 & 270 both like 150grain and the 243 likes 100 grain)
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 09:11 PM
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Used to shoot the .243 100, .270 130, and .308 150. All were killers and never had one not perform as it should. But then the quality/accuracy nosedived. A sub-MOA rifle became 2-2.5 MOA. I find the Fed Fusion is a more than adequate replacement and bullet performance is about identical.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 10:41 PM
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I shoot only Remington Core-lokt ammunition in all my rifles (30-06 & 270 both like 150grain and the 243 likes 100 grain) This. All I have ever shot in my .270 or my son in his .243.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/29/22 11:18 PM
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I thought this was going to be a post about the real "Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors", the fly agaric.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/30/22 12:25 AM
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Personally in the field, I'm not worried about shooting MOA or under MOA. If at 200 yards or < I can put a shot in a 3" circle, I'm more than content. If I was shooting all the time at range or even competitively, a totally different ballgame.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/30/22 12:28 AM
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After I made the switch I was talking with a range officer and he was talking about shooting accuracy. Said a good rule of thumb was that if he saw someone shooting with a green and yellow box of ammo - they would be all over the place.
This R.O. concurs with that R.O's assessment.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/30/22 12:29 AM
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Personally in the field, I'm not worried about shooting MOA or under MOA. If at 200 yards or < I can put a shot in a 3" circle, I'm more than content. If I was shooting all the time at range or even competitively, a totally different ballgame. Seen most Rem Core Lokt not stay inside 3 " at 100 yards, much less 200 yards.
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11/30/22 12:36 AM
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Personally in the field, I'm not worried about shooting MOA or under MOA. If at 200 yards or < I can put a shot in a 3" circle, I'm more than content. If I was shooting all the time at range or even competitively, a totally different ballgame. Seen most Rem Core Lokt not stay inside 3 " at 100 yards, much less 200 yards. I've not had those issues, guess I've gotten the good lot batches. Tend to hit where I've aimed out to 300 yards. I generally refrained from shooting beyond that.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/30/22 12:40 AM
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For this common hunter that is the only bullet I shoot with great success in my .270, 7 mag and my old 25-06. Never had a problem with performance with my CORE-LOKT bullets
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/30/22 12:44 AM
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Personally in the field, I'm not worried about shooting MOA or under MOA. If at 200 yards or < I can put a shot in a 3" circle, I'm more than content. If I was shooting all the time at range or even competitively, a totally different ballgame. Seen most Rem Core Lokt not stay inside 3 " at 100 yards, much less 200 yards. Guess you got a bad batch. I've never had a problem with them. My 270 groups the 150s perfect.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/30/22 01:01 AM
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Of the cheap deer ammo, I’ve always found the Federal Power Shok to be the best shooting and killed just fine.
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Re: Deadliest Mushroom in the Outdoors
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11/30/22 02:42 AM
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Personally in the field, I'm not worried about shooting MOA or under MOA. If at 200 yards or < I can put a shot in a 3" circle, I'm more than content. If I was shooting all the time at range or even competitively, a totally different ballgame. Seen most Rem Core Lokt not stay inside 3 " at 100 yards, much less 200 yards. 200 yards, 130 grain Core-lokts Weatherby Vanguard in .270. Leupold 3-9 power VX2. High and left is cold shot. I guess I just got a good box…
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