.308 150 gr Hornady Interlock: Impressive Results

[ZGunner]

I ordered 500 bullets with the Hornady rebate when I got my AP Progressive Press. Had them for months and haven't touched them until last night. I was really just messing around to begin with. I dialed the powder measure to drop 39.0 gr of H4895 into some once fired Federal (M1A marked) brass and seated the 150 gr SP to 2.735. Not exactly a match bullet so I wasn't concerned about sub MOA accuracy, just loading some ammo to shoot cans and such. I'm shooting them through my only remaining .308, a Tikka T3 Tactical.

Here are my results:
Top left is 155 gr Nosler Custom Competition on the same powder load (39.0gr H4895). Last ditch effort at a control, fail.
Bottom left is the Hornady Interlock
Bottom right is 110gr Sierra Varminter on 46.0gr of Varget



I have to hang my head and admit that it wasn't at 100 yards as it should have been. The furthest I could get away in my yard was 83 yards according to my range finder.
I'm still extremely happy with the results from these "free" bullets.

 

[jmr40]

I've shot a lot of 150 and 165 gr Interlock bullets from my 308 and 30-06 with impressive results. They are my go-to general purpose inexpensive bullet. Most of the more expensive stuff has better BC's for longer ranges but isn't really any more accurate in my rifles.

 

[grubbylabs]

I like them also. They do well in my DPMS over H335

 

[burrhead]

That's heartening. Today I loaded up some test rounds using the same bullets and powder in a 308. This is the beginning of my work up so I have two batches, one with 42g and the other with 42.5. Going to the range Tuesday and I hope they'll perform like your's. I'll get back here with the results.

My go to has been Sierra 150 Pro Hunters with Varget for a long time but I ran into a deal for 500 Interlocks and my Varget's running low so I'm making a change. Deer season's just around the corner.

 

[Airgead]

I've used the Hornady Interlocks in 180gr over IMR-4895 for .30-06 for a number of years with great results. Going to work up some loads with the new IMR-4166 as soon as I can get some uninterrupted time (with two young kids, one a toddler, that's currently really hard to come by lately).

 

[smitty_bs]

These are the most accurate bullets I've ever tried out of my Remington 30/06. Handloaded over IMR4320 or IMR4064 to moderate speeds I get clover leaf groups. Also a few years back Hornady had the light mag loads and the 150grainers there were also the most accurate factory loads ever used in my rifle so they were accurate at high velocities too. The second most accurate loads in that rifle were the standard 180gr Hornady loads and also the old Remington core-lokts.

Love the 150gr spire point interlock though. Shot many deer with it and have never really needed anything more.

 

[herkyguy]

I've had outstanding results from my Remington 700 in .308 using the free Hornady 150 grain bullets from the press rebate. I've purchased a few different weights of bullets, but that 150 grain soft point sitting on top of 47 grains of CFE223 is sub-MOA and good enough for me....

 

[deputy bruce]

308

out standing results I have only 1 thing to say [Here PIGGY PIGGY PIGGY ]

 

[Nature Boy]

Nice shooting!

I have to say that in my limited experience so far, it's been hard to beat the value/performance from Hornady bullets.