Winchester Power Point or Remington Core Lok?

[kyarcher]

I bought a 7mm-08 rifle last week and found some Winchester 140gr Power Point ammo and some Remington 140gr Core-Lok at Wally World. Which do you prefer of the two for deer hunting?

 

[rcmodel]

Six of one and half-dozen of the other.

Both bullet designs have been killing deer longer then either one of us has been alive.

You would need to determine which one shoots the most accurate in your specific rifle and go with that.

rc

 

[outerlimit]

I found that Winchester shot the best for me, better than the Remington or Federal. Although the Federal was a close 2nd. But like the previous poster said, buy some different ones and give them all a try. See which one shoots best in your rifle.

 

[TAB]

what RC said

 

[Arkel23]

Six of one and half-dozen of the other

You can buy like that?

 

[flipajig]

shootem both your gun will tell you witch one it likes. my 06 liked the rem's

 

[kyarcher]

Thanks fellows.

 

[elktrout]

Power Point and Core Lokt bullets are some of the best bullets for deer ever made. They have the track record to prove it.

RC is right. Find the one that shoots well in your gun and use it with confidence.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

The Core-Lokt is a bullet which is loaded in both the cheap Express line and the expensive/nice Premier line. I assume you mean the Express ammo? Good bullet but if given a choice, go for the Premier ammo.

 

[Uncle Mike]

Hornady Light Magnum 7mm-08 139gr. SST @ 3000 FPS....schweeet!

Knocks those deer's junk into their watch pockets!

 

[kyarcher]

The Core-Lokt is a bullet which is loaded in both the cheap Express line and the expensive/nice Premier line. I assume you mean the Express ammo? Good bullet but if given a choice, go for the Premier ammo./QUOTE]


Not really sure which it was. They had it at Wall World and I did not pay that much attention to it.

 

[Uncle Mike]

The Remington Core-Lokt is NOT the same bullet as the Remington Premier Core-Lokt...

The old coer-lokt is a uniform thickness, thinner jacketed bullet. Excellent expansion at moderate to moderately low velocities. Same is the Accubond bullet, sans the polymer tip insert. An excellent bullet for whitetail.

The 'new' core-lokt 'Premium' jacket is somewhat as thin as the old core-lokt at the tip, then progressively gets thicker towards the middle of the bullet , then a uniform, but thinner than the middle jacket at the base. Better for 'higher' velocities.

oh yea... between the two, either is good, I tend to lean towards Winchester Ammo.

 

[Uncle Mike]

Ultra Bonded Core-Lokt bullets

These are just ONE of the bullets used in the 'Premier' line of Remingtons new ammo.
The premier line of ammunition utilizes several different bullets which include the Core-Lokt Ultra Bonded, A-frame, Accutip, Scirocco Bonded, Disintegrator, Copper Solid and the Match bullets.

Seven different bullet types, all in the 'Premier' line of ammunition.

 

[TCB in TN]

Have had poor results with the Remingtons, used to buy whichever was cheapest to practice with, and found the Win PP just shot better on average. Then when time to hunt I switched from the Win PP to the Win Silver Tip with negligible changes to PoI.

 

[Runningman]

Either will work on a deer. I would get a box of each and see what load shoots best in your rifle from a benchrest. It will most likely prefer one or the other.

 

[556A2]

The Core-Lokt is a bullet which is loaded in both the cheap Express line and the expensive/nice Premier line. I assume you mean the Express ammo? Good bullet but if given a choice, go for the Premier ammo.

For whitetail deer, a premium bullet like in the Rem Premier, Federal Vital-Shok, and the Winchester Supreme is a waste of money.

 

[Legionnaire]

Whichever shoots better in your rifle. Either will get the job done.

 

[dhfenno]

I have had good luck with both out to 200 yards with a DPMS .308. I do like either the PP or the Core-Lok with the rounded nose. The Core-Lok PSP did not seem to make white tails DRT like the others did. I'm sure the PSP may fly a little farther and faster but I don't think it delivers the punch as fast as I want. I don't want to have to shoot a shoulder to make sure my deer doesn't go on a hundred yard death run into a clump of cactus and mesquite.

 

[jimmyraythomason]

I like and use both.

 

[ArmedBear]

Both bullets are considered low-end by connoisseurs, but on thin-skinned game I doubt that some overpriced Nosler bullets would make a dime's worth of difference.

What I HAVE noticed is that Remington factory ammo, even the better stuff, shoots poorly in my .30-06. Wal-Mart Winchester shoots well in it. Other people have the opposite experience with their rifles (and my more recent handloads shoot MUCH better than either).

I'd shoot both and see which one groups better. Don't worry about the bullets. Jacketed soft points are pretty much all the same until you start paying a lot for them.

 

[Dr. Tad Hussein Winslow]

Hornady Light Magnum 7mm-08 139gr. SST @ 3000 FPS....schweeet!

Knocks those deer's junk into their watch pockets!

Daaaaaaying! That does sound like some good deer medicine!

Can't beat that recommendation - put it in a turnbolt with good glass and you're off to the races.