Some folks seem to like it ok but I've used Remington CoreLokt exclusively for ten years of hunting deer and hogs. Several calibers: .35 Remingon, .300 Winchester Magnum, .35 Whelen, .308 Winchester. I have never recovered an intact bullet. In every case where I recovered the bullet; the jacket had separated from the core. The Remington CoreLokt .35 Whelen 220 grain bullet failed to exit a 250 lb boar...twice...at 75 yards. I hit him on his right shoulder and he made a U turn around a pine tree. When he came out from behind the pine tree, I hit him on his left shoulder. Now, don't get me wrong, after the second shot he was DRT. But both of those bullets were stopped by the gristle plate after traversing the chest cavity and both were in pieces.
Also, if you ever begin to use a .300 Win Mag...don't ever use a 150 grain CoreLokt on anything you want to eat. They don't come apart...they blow up. Deer I shot with one looked like a hand grenade had exploded in him. There was exactly one intact organ in his body-the bladder. The rest was almost pureed. It was one heck of a mess.
PS. This probably wouldn't happen to the 150 grain CoreLokt in .30-'06 with the lower velocity. I think the jacket will still separate, though. I've killed plenty of game with the CoreLokt. I've just become dissatisfied with the terminal ballistics of the bullet.
