The Remington C-L has not been a highly polished bullet, but it has been very effective. Lead point bullets suffer damage from recoil, and dropping. The designed of the C-L with the jacket running up to the point prevents damage that is common with other lead pointed bullets. A brother and a hunting partner have taken a number of deer using the 100 gr. C-L. A common comment is that tissue damage was about the same as from an –06 on behind the shoulder shots. I have had very good results with C-L bullets in other calibers on deer.
My Remington model 788 has no accuracy problems with bullet weights from 80 grains to 105 grains. I have loaded a number of C-L, Hornady, Nosler, and Speer bullets using IMR4350 and H4831 and accuracy has been top notch. I do not use it for deer hunting because I have it loaded for varmints. My varmint load is a Winchester bulk, PSP, 80-grain bullet pushed by H414. On a still day it seems to take a few minutes for all the coyote hair to settle to the ground.
I have stored a number of boxes of C-L bullets and they seem to tarnish faster then the highly polished bullets. And they come with a rougher surface. The dividend is they sell for less, and are very effective on game. From a ballistic standpoint velocity drops off faster after 300 yards then the more ballistic efficient pointed bullets. I believe that Speer produced their Mag-Tip bullet to copy the Remington C-L.
