NEW! Remington Core-Lokt Tipped

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Quoting from a field an stream article

As a comparison, a standard 150-grain .30-caliber Core-Lokt bullet has a BC of .314, and the new Tipped version has a BC of .480.
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I agree that for most peoples uses tipped bullets are kind of a gimmick since most people are shooting under 100 yards and could just as well be shooting round nose, but if they new ones work as well as the old ones, then the higher ballistic coefficient is a big win. That is a huge change in BC will translate to probably about 3 inches less wind drift even at 200 yards.
 
Laphroaig said:
While on a Newfoundland moose hunt a couple of years ago the guides were talking about how many moose were lost by hunters shooting tipped bullets. Now if Nosler came out with a tipped partition, I'd definitely give that one a try.
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I bet they are referring to nosler ballistic tips. Every one of those I’ve tested blew up like a varmint bullet. 100% core and jacket separation even at less than 2000 fps.
 
Guys, this is nothing new. Remington has offered tipped bullets for at least a decade, perhaps longer. Below is a snapshot of the AccuTip from almost six years ago, long before the sale and the new owners. How these “new” Core-Lokts differ - if they do at all - from their previous tipped offerings I don’t know. But Remington has been in the tipped game for quite a while, they’re not “reinventing” them selves with their old ammunition.

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I found this article, nothing new or groundbreaking here, poly tipped core lokt. At least from what I can tell, they retained the original core lokt construction of the old and retro fitted it to accept a poly tip insert instead of the blunt, rounded nose or PSP profile, so it would seem it's not just a green tipped sierraGK or Accu-tip like some mentioned might be the case, but in all it seems like it's splitting pretty fine hairs to compare the two (original vs. tipped), especially at normal hunting ranges.

Remington Core-Lokt Tipped Vs. The Original | Field & Stream
https://www.fieldandstream.com/guns/new-remington-core-lokt/

It seems silly to others (rightfully so) to pay such mind to the seemingly insignificant differences in bullet design if you're just an average whitetail hunter hunting at ranges of 100yards +/-. But I understand the impulse to nerd out and and get your geek on or whatever and discuss them :)

If I was hunting cape Buffalo or on safari or on the Great Alaskan adventure or some other grand hunt I might feel the "need" to get the best or specifically constructed bullets but the old core lokt, power point, fusions, Hornady interlock, etc will obviously get the job done without further discussion for most. What's interesting to me though is there are probably people who will read this and will swear by or swear off any of the above mentioned bullets for their own personal reason, that stuff interests me I guess.

From now on though, if I find ammunition from any of the above makers on sale or cheap I'll just buy whatever and be happy until it fails me or gives me a reason not to. I've heard a number of people on other boards swear off the core loks because they, and by "they" I mean at least probably a half dozen or so say QC was real bad on the core-lokts and that they lost game due to squeeze click, pulling the trigger only to hear a click and watch their deer spook and run off, etc.....
 
Remington Core-Lokt .30-06 180 grain shot within 1.5" three consecutive shots (I was told I can't say group when referring to a single shot rifle) at 200 yards from my Encore 26" stainless steel barrel. These are my best consecutive shots at that distance to this day with any of my rifles. It might have been a fluke the first time, but I did it on two separate occasions with the same box of ammunition. It can still be luck alone, but I tend to doubt that. If the tipped version can improve on that, I don't have the ability to make good use of it!
 
Frostbite said:
Remington Core-Lokt .30-06 180 grain shot within 1.5" three consecutive shots (I was told I can't say group when referring to a single shot rifle) at 200 yards from my Encore 26" stainless steel barrel. These are my best consecutive shots at that distance to this day with any of my rifles. It might have been a fluke the first time, but I did it on two separate occasions with the same box of ammunition. It can still be luck alone, but I tend to doubt that. If the tipped version can improve on that, I don't have the ability to make good use of it!
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it may not be able to improve on the precision, but it can improve on the drop and wind drift.
 
Do lots of reading, very little posting

140 lb whitetail, 60 yards, 30-06 150gr core-lokt, hit one rib, no exit hole, grace of God that deer was found.

GARBAGE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Would never fire one of these at a game animal again.
 
mljdeckard said:
what I am really sensing, is that Remington is trying to emerge from some really bad times
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Remington is dead. The brand has been fractured and repurposed under new ownership.

Saying Remington is coming back from hard times is like saying my great grandfather is coming back, based on the fact my son was born.
 
Remington was probably the 1st manufacturer to use tipped bullets.

remington bronze point ammunition - Bing images

One source I found said they have been around 80 years. While that may not be true, I had some of these close to 50 years ago. These are tipped with bronze. Winchester had their Silvertips. Which were actually aluminum tips.

It seems silly to others (rightfully so) to pay such mind to the seemingly insignificant differences in bullet design if you're just an average whitetail hunter hunting at ranges of 100yards +/-.
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People focus on the trajectory, but that isn't the real advantage. Impact velocity is where pointed bullets matter. Comparing a 180 gr RN bullet fired from a 300 WM @ 3000 fps to a high BC 180 gr bullet fired from a 30-06 at 2800 fps the high BC bullet from the 30-06 will pass the 300 WM at only 75 yards. If fired from a 308 the high BC bullet will catch up to the 300 WM at 175 yards. The 300 WM is still has less bullet drop out to around 300-400 yards. Granted, that is an extreme example, but you get the idea.

Cost:

I'd have a hard time paying the price for factory loaded premium ammo. But by handloading I can load the better bullets at about the same cost as budget factory loads. And just for perspective, I've spent at least $300 on gas just getting to hunting areas and back home this fall. If I'd gone to Colorado to elk hunt that is close to a 4000 mile round trip and a $700 tag. Spending an extra 50 cents on the bullet isn't a big deal, even if I don't need it.
 
.455_Hunter said:
I guess if it makes somebody happy, but have never seen the appeal of plastic tipped game bullets.
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I used to love Nosler B Tips until I got tired of picking lead and plastic out of my meat. They would explode at high velocities. Yes they are accurate and consistent as can be but I have gone to the Game Kings. They do what they need to do for hunting rounds and hold comparable groups to BTs.
 
JDeere said:
I used to love Nosler B Tips until I got tired of picking lead and plastic out of my meat. They would explode at high velocities. Yes they are accurate and consistent as can be but I have gone to the Game Kings. They do what they need to do for hunting rounds and hold comparable groups to BTs.
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I've tested a couple flavors of nosler ballistic tips in water jugs and found they fragment and lose the core even at like1900 fps impact velocity. Not impressive to me. 100% of them that I've tested lose the core. The only one I've used on game was one from my 25-06 on a whitetail. It did exit but I actually cut my finger on a pedal of copper that came off in the chest cavity while I was gutting it.
 
I went ballistic when I heard the news. That means I kept my cool and stayed together. Um no.

It means I came apart, or became unglued. In a bullet, ballistic is perfect for head or neck-spine shots and nothing else. You know, where 4” of penetration will get it done.
 
someguy2800 said:
I've tested a couple flavors of nosler ballistic tips in water jugs and found they fragment and lose the core even at like1900 fps impact velocity. Not impressive to me. 100% of them that I've tested lose the core. The only one I've used on game was one from my 25-06 on a whitetail. It did exit but I actually cut my finger on a pedal of copper that came off in the chest cavity while I was gutting it.
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Ru4real said:
I went ballistic when I heard the news. That means I kept my cool and stayed together. Um no.

It means I came apart, or became unglued. In a bullet, ballistic is perfect for head or neck-spine shots and nothing else. You know, where 4” of penetration will get it done.
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My family and I have had a very different experience with Nosler ballistic tips and whitetail deer. I've personally taken 1 with 200 gr .338wm, 1 with 150 gr .30-06, and 5 with 180 gr in .300WM. My FIL has taken 10+ with 200 gr .338wm. My FIL and BIL between them have taken a couple dozen with 150 gr and 165 gr in .30-06. At least 95% chest shots because that's where we always aim, but from a number of different angles. Never had a deer get away.
 
wombat13 said:
My family and I have had a very different experience with Nosler ballistic tips and whitetail deer. I've personally taken 1 with 200 gr .338wm, 1 with 150 gr .30-06, and 5 with 180 gr in .300WM. My FIL has taken 10+ with 200 gr .338wm. My FIL and BIL between them have taken a couple dozen with 150 gr and 165 gr in .30-06. At least 95% chest shots because that's where we always aim, but from a number of different angles. Never had a deer get away.
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I would never dispute their ability to kill stuff, especially with a chest shot.
 
someguy2800 said:
I would never dispute their ability to kill stuff, especially with a chest shot.
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If I planned on shooting bone I’d choose another bullet, but I think they’re fine if you plan on shooting heart/lungs but may take a quartering toward shot. They work very well for a straight on front chest shot.

In fact, I have switched to the 150 gr TTSX because it shoots so well in my rifle and I want one load to hunt anything I choose to hunt.
 
wombat13 said:
My family and I have had a very different experience with Nosler ballistic tips and whitetail deer. I've personally taken 1 with 200 gr .338wm, 1 with 150 gr .30-06, and 5 with 180 gr in .300WM. My FIL has taken 10+ with 200 gr .338wm. My FIL and BIL between them have taken a couple dozen with 150 gr and 165 gr in .30-06. At least 95% chest shots because that's where we always aim, but from a number of different angles. Never had a deer get away.
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I've got the same experience, 30-40 whitetails and 5 chamois with 130 Nolser BTs in a .270W running over 3150 FPS. Never lost anything, the only issue I've had was violent fragmentation on a doe at 30yds when I hit the shoulder. The rest were heart/lung, frontal, and one back of the head. It's my go-to bullet when I'm looking at longish shots.
 
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