Hi, Shoalbass:
I've just about shot up a 250 bullet bag of 165 .308 Core-Lokts in a .30-06. It's best to compare them to Hornadys rather than Noslers. I'd say they're a bit tougher, stickier and stubbier than Hornadys. They retain a bit more weight in wetpack. (Haven't shot a deer with them. Got into Noslers 30 years ago when C-I-L was all we could get in factory loads.) By sticky I mean that they copper foul a bit more than Hornadys & Noslers. They're short and stubby and the ballistic coefficient isn't that great. Ross Seyfried and Rick Jameson both got about .290.
The last group I shot went 1 1/8" for five at 100 yards. This was after a series of 2" groups with Nosler 125 BTs. (I've tried 4 different powders with those BTs, and I'm just about through a box of 100, and I haven't got a good group yet. Hornady 130s aren't any better. I guess that gun doesn't like light bullets.) (Warmed up the gun with Hornady 150 BTs & mixed brass - 1 1/4" for five.)
I'd use Hornady data for loading them, and because they're sticky, expect to stop a bit short of Hornady's max.
Would I buy more at half price? You bet! But then I'm Scottish :biggrin:
Bye
Jack
(Edited by Jack Monteith at 7:40 pm on Aug. 4, 2001)