Remington bulk Power-Lokt Hollow Point Bullets

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hitandmiss

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Has anyone used this bullet, and if you have were the bullets very accurate? I want to start loading for a 220 Swift that so far has only had factory fodder. I have had alot of luck running other bulk Remington bullets in various other calibers and would expect about the same with this one.

Any stories good, bad or indifferent.
 
I've used them!

When I first started reloading back in the early 70's, I couldn't afford the big names of the day. I would sort the bullets into weight classes...then load them into equally heavy cases for the extra accuracy.

In the beginning, there was no Match grade projectile from those folks making projectiles now(Nosler, Hornady, Sierra, Berger.......). And benchrest records had to be shot with something.

Don't expect too many one hole 10-shot groups... But you can get some trigger time at the praire poodle/dogtowns without breaking the bank!




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I've used them with good success. With a little tuning, you can probably get these bullets to shoot CLOSE to what the expensive bullets will do at a half the price. They are not as accurate as a nosler, sierra, and hornandy; but like I said, they will be close to the above. If you gun is shooting 3/4" groups with quality bullets, you can probably get these to shoot about 1". It all depends upon you gun and how much fine tuning you are willing to do. It is a lot of fun when you can get a fairly accurate but economical load that shoots good for yourself. I have a grandson that loves to shoot tons of ammo. Of course grandpa is more than happy to spoil the little guy. It is my duty, my right and my responsibility to spoil him.
 
That was all I ever used in my 6mm Remington, at least for non-big game purposes. An 80 gr Powr-Lokt HP is a beautiful thing! I've also used the 50 gr PLHP a little in a .22-250. There ain't nary a thing wrong with them. Load'em up and go hunting!
 
hitandmiss, I just got through doing a test with a custom 223 with a 1-14 twist hart barrel, a 223 AI with a 1-14 Hart barrel, and two DPMS AR's.

With all these guns, the 55 Rem would shoot 1" groups at best. In comparison, the 55g Hornady Sp that is the bulk bullet shot 1/4" or less in the customs and 1/2"-3/4" in the DPMS.

Realize that 1" groups is more than adequate for any coyote hunting that you will ever do. Years ago, I killed a lot of coyotes in Mexico with the 55g Rem, it does an excellent job on coyotes with Half dollar exits most of the time. I was shooting them out of a worn out Rem 700v with 38.0g of H 380@ 3500 fps.

If you want tiny groups, then try the 55g Hornady Sp "bulk" bullet.
 
Thanks for the replies. I am wanting to try them out in the Swift. I have used the 55 SP in a 223 with great success, so I will try these and see what happens.
 
What do you want to use them for? For Pdogs or yotes they are very good hunting bulets, in fact for just about anything you want to use them for they are about as good as you will get for the price. I think people put to much into useing a "premium" bullet, for the average shooter all you are getting is the premium price.
 
In the early 80's, we shot a lot of yotes with the 55g HP Core Loct out of the 22/250. It was pretty typical that they would exit with a half dollar size hole on the off side. On quartering shots, there were no exits. We shot a load of 38.0g of H380 which was pushing them at 3500 out of this wore out rifle.
 
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is the power-lokt a soft point type bullet or does it come apart



The Power-Lokt has a 'dimple' rather than an open hollow point, thin copper jacket and lead core.
 
I'm getting sub MOA groups (.7-.4) w/ Varget and Rem 55gr HP/PL's in my Swift. It's bbl'd w/ a Lilja #5 (1:12). This bullet shoots well in my .223's also.
 
The power lokt bullet is made by electroplating a copper jacket onto the lead core and then forming instead of the normal method of manufacturing which is making a lead slug, putting it into a copper jacket, and then forming.

The copper thickness of the jacket on a power lokt is a little thinner than a normal jacket but is really heavy for a plating process. Normal bullet jackets are around 0.015" in thickness and the power lokt should be 0.010 - 0.015" in thickness.

I have a bunch (about 500) of the 55 grain power lokt bullets that I have never loaded.
 
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