exit of 30-30 170 gn. remington corelock on nice buck

[fatercat]

good enough

[surehuntsalot]

those bullets have been taking deer for years with no fuss

[Swampman]

I bought some today.  I love Core-Lokts.

[Lloyd Smale]

people underestimate the destuctiveness of a corelock 3030. The 3030 is unique in that its about the only caliber that has bullets made especially for its velocitys and made with deer hunting in mind. A close range shot with a 3030 will sometimes do more damage then a 7mag at the same distance. Ive shot a ton of deer in my life and at under a 100 yards NOTHING puts down deer any better then a 3030 using corelocks with the possible exception of the 35 rem using corelocks for the same reason.

[yellowtail3]

people underestimate the destuctiveness of a corelock 3030.

That's because they get wrapped up in ballistics charts, rather than actual field results...

[mannyrock]

 
  It is simply the best medium range deer round ever made.  And, during the fall sales, you can get them for about $12 a box.  People just have a tendency to ignore the obvious.
 
  When I had my farm years ago, we generally shot deer at 150 yards.  If a high lungshot was made, the corelokt routinely went all of the way through, leaving a silver dollar sized exist wound, gushing blood, and the deer only travelled about 50 yards.  For shoulder shots, the round typically ended up flattened under the skin on the far side, in a perfect mushroom,  and the deer travelled about 25 yards.
 
  The most overhyped, overly expensive, useless .30-30 round being sold is probably the Federal "Fail Safe."  What a crock!
 
Mannyrock

[Swampman]

Right now Remington has a $5.00 rebate when you buy 2 boxes of Core-Lokts.

[Siskiyou]

A good picture is worth a thousand words.

[BBF]

A dead deer in the back of your truck isn't a bad thing either.
 
BTW
 If I use my 30-06 for local hunting I use a 150 gr Rem 30-30 bullet in a reduced velocity load.

[charles p]

Very often I hear or read someones opinion on a bullet, caliber, or shot placement that ruins too much meat.  Isn't it better to ruin a little meat if you can quickly find your deer.  The deer with minimal meat damage often gets away resulting in a 100% meat loss.

[BBF]

I don't like tracking without a dog.
I don't like loosing meat
I really really do not like loosing the entire deer.

[WyoStillhunter]

"Ruining too much meat"...I am going to guess that 99% of persons who complain about that via websites like this one (remember, they either own or have access to a computer) do not truly "need" the meat in the first place.
 
Yes, hunting is a messy business and there is always some "meat loss."  I am a meat hunter because we consider it a treat, do all our own butchering and love to eat it -- not because we need it.  I will give up a shoulder and some rib meat any day in exchange for a clean kill, regardless of caliber or bullet construction.
 
 

[Lloyd Smale]

well said!! I about want to choke those internet experts. Allways ranting about how you have to use a bonded or other stout bullet in a gun to prevent meat damage. I shoot many deer a year. Mostly with guns like 257 wby 264 7mag and various 300 mags and about allways use a cup and core bullet. Its not that im cheap or cant afford to use a premium bullet its that they just work and in my opinion work better then a premium bullet. Hit a deer in the shoulder with a cup and core bullet in a 7mag and youll usually loose the shoulder. Shoot the same deer with a tsx or bonded bullet and youll find you still loose the shoulder. Hit them both behind the shoulder and neither will loose much meat if any. Ive shot 80lb does at 75 yards with my 264 using 120 bts and lost absouletly no meat unless you count ribs. Thing is when a load like that hits a deer 9 times out of 10 its dead on the spot! I can count the deer ive lost in my lifetime using rifles and bows on one hand. Thing is two of them were this past year using tsx bullets. A third was recovered after tracking about a 1/4 mile. Bullet hit half way up right behind the shoulder. It had a pensil hole through with very little damage. It woud have been great if i ate ribs but this old body just isnt up to dragging to many deer a 1/4 mile through a swamp anymore.  I would have gladly gave up a lb or two of meat to be able to drive my truck up to it. I also tire of guys saving sierras or nos bts failed and then show the dead deer with the damage they do. Hell the deer is dead and you recovered it. To me a failure is when i shoot something and have to track it. I know then the deer suffered and so did I!!!! this is why the 3030 works so well. Remington designed those corelocks to open fast. It makes a realitively underpowered round kill like theres no tommarow. My appolgys to all the so called experts but i shoot alot of deer and have found what works, at least for me, light for caliber cup and core bullets. Ive shot well over 200 deer with them and have yet to loose one. to many guys shoot one or two deer with a bullet and majicaly think there experienced enough to say there majic or junk and like i said most times there calling them junk while standing over a dead animal! Ill keep the slow, heavy and well construted bullet shooting to my sixguns thank you. 

"Ruining too much meat"...I am going to guess that 99% of persons who complain about that via websites like this one (remember, they either own or have access to a computer) do not truly "need" the meat in the first place.
 
Yes, hunting is a messy business and there is always some "meat loss."  I am a meat hunter because we consider it a treat, do all our own butchering and love to eat it -- not because we need it.  I will give up a shoulder and some rib meat any day in exchange for a clean kill, regardless of caliber or bullet construction.