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Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752603 12/23/22 09:15 PM 12/23/22 09:15 PM
Joined: Sep 2021 Southeast Louisiana S Slipknot trapper
Slipknot trapper S Joined: Sep 2021 Southeast Louisiana	Originally Posted by onyx Looking for some one's else's insight, I have used Remington core Lokts for well over 40 years. No complaints.Due to ammo shortage and change in ownership of Reminton I found some boxes of Hornady American Whitetail and tried them. I found the accuracy to be very good to excellent. I used them to harvest two deer in the past 2022 season. Only question is, one of the two deer was not a pass through shot. No blood trail. The animal didn't run far but I had to look for it. Anyone else have trouble with getting a pass through shot with Hornady american whitetail ammo or was this just a fluke? Tried them. Same results went to federal fusion. Now they are hard to find in 3 different calibers I use.

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752625 12/23/22 09:39 PM 12/23/22 09:39 PM
Joined: May 2018 SW Georgia W Wanna Be trapper
Wanna Be trapper W Joined: May 2018 SW Georgia	I’m old school and want blood like my archery equipment produces. In the brush if you don’t see it fall, I want a blood trail! Those bullets did not work for us with exit wounds. The bullets we use now do. We had similar luck with the SST’s. They do some serious damage inside and the deer WILL be dead, but if it runs out of sight you better have some friends to help walk a grid pattern to find it. They don’t exit. Out West or in the wide open spaces it really wouldn’t matter, down here it does.

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752634 12/23/22 09:46 PM 12/23/22 09:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2010 Wisconsin O onyx OP trapper
onyx OP trapper O Joined: Dec 2010 Wisconsin	WannA be trapper What bulletts are you using now?

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752635 12/23/22 09:47 PM 12/23/22 09:47 PM
Joined: Feb 2019 Saucier, Mississippi Harrison ... T turkn8rtrapper trapper
turkn8rtrapper trapper T Joined: Feb 2019 Saucier, Mississippi Harrison ...	There is absolutely nothing wrong with a .243 and 100 grain bullet. I am fortunate enough to reload. My load is a 95 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip. It has always done a great job. "Skin that smokewagon and see what happens"

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752665 12/23/22 10:11 PM 12/23/22 10:11 PM
Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC C charles trapper
charles trapper C Joined: Aug 2010 Asheville, NC	I have reloaded many Hornady bullet in about five calibers. Work will. Never been disappointed with a CoreLokt either. In the 70s I used to recover a lot of 30-06 bullets. Not so anymore. Bullets must be a little better and I shoot smaller calibers now as well.

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752686 12/23/22 10:30 PM 12/23/22 10:30 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota	Deer can be folded at many Angles anatomy targets that are accurate are Great I had Great results with those Whitetail Hornady's in .243 and 7mm Rem mag. Meat loss negligible. Couple handfuls for the dog. NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752691 12/23/22 10:33 PM 12/23/22 10:33 PM
Joined: May 2018 SW Georgia W Wanna Be trapper
Wanna Be trapper W Joined: May 2018 SW Georgia	Shooting Barnes VOR TX in the .308 and my youngest son is using the CoreLokts in the .243. Not sure what my oldest is using in his 7mm/08 but uses the .243 for riding around and it hasn’t failed him yet.

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752697 12/23/22 10:37 PM 12/23/22 10:37 PM
Joined: Dec 2009 The Hill Country of Texas Leftlane "HOSS"
Leftlane "HOSS" Joined: Dec 2009 The Hill Country of Texas	Hard to believe the old timers fed the family with balls of lead from a muzzle loader. If anything, that would seem to point out that point of impact has a lot more to do with it than the projectile ï¿½Whatï¿½s good for me may not be good for the weak minded.ï¿½ Captain Gus McCrae- Texas Rangers

Re: Deer ammo [Re: Leftlane] #7752701 12/23/22 10:42 PM 12/23/22 10:42 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota 330-Trapper trapper
330-Trapper trapper Joined: Dec 2006 Minnesota	Originally Posted by Leftlane Hard to believe the old timers fed the family with balls of lead from a muzzle loader. If anything, that would seem to point out that point of impact has a lot more to do with it than the projectile Correct NRA and NTA Life Member www.BackroadsRevised@etsy.com

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752732 12/23/22 11:14 PM 12/23/22 11:14 PM
Joined: Jan 2014 Western pa F frank1969 trapper
frank1969 trapper F Joined: Jan 2014 Western pa	Try the Winchester PowerPoint 100 GR there just like the corlok

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752736 12/23/22 11:16 PM 12/23/22 11:16 PM
Joined: Feb 2017 MISSOURI,Laclede Co F farmnhunt trapper
farmnhunt trapper F Joined: Feb 2017 MISSOURI,Laclede Co	The last 2 years I've used a pistol much of the time. You need to miss the shoulder to get exits. I used 30-06 with 165 gr corelocks for years and though the shoulder wasn't a problem. Adjust shot selection to caliber and bullet. I think the Hornady Whitetails have a pretty thin jacket. Adjust accordingly.

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752743 12/23/22 11:26 PM 12/23/22 11:26 PM
Joined: Jan 2017 Marion Kansas Y Yes sir trapper
Yes sir trapper Y Joined: Jan 2017 Marion Kansas	I still use the corloks in our 243s . Haven't seen much of an issue in availability if you are willing to order on line

Re: Deer ammo [Re: Leftlane] #7752755 12/23/22 11:46 PM 12/23/22 11:46 PM
Joined: Dec 2006 10714 Apple road Carthage,Mo6... C Cletis Richards trapper
Cletis Richards trapper C Joined: Dec 2006 10714 Apple road Carthage,Mo6...	Killed a bunch with 175 grain round ball out of a 50 flinter 25 to 80 yards Appleroad Predator Bait www.appleroadlures.com Like us on Facebook

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752803 12/24/22 12:55 AM 12/24/22 12:55 AM
Joined: May 2007 Flint, Michigan bhugo trapper
bhugo trapper Joined: May 2007 Flint, Michigan	.243 is a real classic whitetail round! Core lock bullets are great for pass through. My old 30-30 does great with them. Maybe go back to them if the Hornady is not performing well for you. Every shot will be different no matter what though…. Maybe you didn’t give the Hornady a fair chance after using the green box for so long? Member MTPCA, FTA and NTA

Re: Deer ammo [Re: Slipknot] #7752809 12/24/22 01:21 AM 12/24/22 01:21 AM
Joined: Apr 2010 South Central Wisconsin N Nelly trapper
Nelly trapper N Joined: Apr 2010 South Central Wisconsin	Originally Posted by Slipknot Originally Posted by onyx Looking for some one's else's insight, I have used Remington core Lokts for well over 40 years. No complaints.Due to ammo shortage and change in ownership of Reminton I found some boxes of Hornady American Whitetail and tried them. I found the accuracy to be very good to excellent. I used them to harvest two deer in the past 2022 season. Only question is, one of the two deer was not a pass through shot. No blood trail. The animal didn't run far but I had to look for it. Anyone else have trouble with getting a pass through shot with Hornady american whitetail ammo or was this just a fluke? Tried them. Same results went to federal fusion. Now they are hard to find in 3 different calibers I use. The last half dozen or so deer that I have killed have been with the. 243 fusion. Not quite bang flop, but they have kicked out within 50 yards. The thing is, there are tons of deer around and I'm old and calm enough to never take a bad shot. Most of the deer that I have killed were with 150 grain partition hand loads at about 2700 fps out of an 06. Even a Texas heart shot did the trick with them. I'm just a soul whose intentions are good. O Lord please don't let me be misunderstood.

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752810 12/24/22 01:27 AM 12/24/22 01:27 AM
Joined: Apr 2010 South Central Wisconsin N Nelly trapper
Nelly trapper N Joined: Apr 2010 South Central Wisconsin	If you're hooked on. 243 ,(like I am now) just pick your shots and don't try to break anything bigger than a rib. I'm just a soul whose intentions are good. O Lord please don't let me be misunderstood.

Re: Deer ammo [Re: 330-Trapper] #7752815 12/24/22 01:35 AM 12/24/22 01:35 AM
Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi Wolfdog91 trapper
Wolfdog91 trapper Joined: Jul 2013 Amite county Mississippi	Originally Posted by 330-Trapper Originally Posted by onyx Looking for some one's else's insight, I have used Remington core Lokts for well over 40 years. No complaints.Due to ammo shortage and change in ownership of Reminton I found some boxes of Hornady American Whitetail and tried them. I found the accuracy to be very good to excellent. I used them to harvest two deer in the past 2022 season. Only question is, one of the two deer was not a pass through shot. No blood trail. The animal didn't run far but I had to look for it. Anyone else have trouble with getting a pass through shot with Hornady american whitetail ammo or was this just a fluke? Here's the Deal I'm telling you this because your issue would & will be a moot subject IfYou aim 1.5 to 2" higher And shoot at the upper Scapula. Deer will absolutely Fold like a Dove High shoulder. Basically your hand grenadeing their central nervous system. YouTube expert

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752820 12/24/22 02:02 AM 12/24/22 02:02 AM
Joined: Apr 2010 South Central Wisconsin N Nelly trapper
Nelly trapper N Joined: Apr 2010 South Central Wisconsin	If you can make that shot,you could do the same thing forward in the neck. I suppose that might mess up a trophy mount, but that's not something that I would worry about. I'm just a soul whose intentions are good. O Lord please don't let me be misunderstood.

Re: Deer ammo [Re: onyx] #7752831 12/24/22 02:53 AM 12/24/22 02:53 AM
Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State W waggler trapper
waggler trapper W Joined: Jan 2008 Alaska and Washington State	How one shot on a particular deer performs doesn't mean a thing. There are many unexpected ways a bullet may perform. Whatever the ammo is you're using is probably just fine for deer. "My life is better than your vacation"

Re: Deer ammo [Re: Wanna Be] #7752844 12/24/22 04:54 AM 12/24/22 04:54 AM
Joined: Oct 2019 Custer Co, Idaho S sneaky trapper
sneaky trapper S Joined: Oct 2019 Custer Co, Idaho	Originally Posted by Wanna Be Shooting Barnes VOR TX in the .308 and my youngest son is using the CoreLokts in the .243. Not sure what my oldest is using in his 7mm/08 but uses the .243 for riding around and it hasn’t failed him yet. 120 TTSX Barnes VOR TX in 7mm 08 puts deer down in a hurry and easy to shoot. Killed a pile of deer with those out of my 7 08. Killed a bunch with 140 Core Lokts too. Lucked up a few years ago and bought a bunch of Federal Premium 7 08 with 140 TSX for $15/box on clearance. I'm set for a while with those. Hard to even reload for that price these days. Sometimes nothing can be a real cool hand

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