180 grain TSX, Accubond, or Hornady SST.

[boneaddict]

I use 180 grain Hornady hand loads, but for shooting I also use Federals loaded with Nozler partition.  They shoot great. 

[Intruder]

Rooster, if your not into handloading and your rifle already like the remmy core lokts, stick with them.  Before I got into handloading and getting hot loaded magnums, I shot plenty of deer and elk with a 30-06 factory 180gr core lokt bullet, never had any animal retrieval problems.  Looking back on it, not exactlty sure why I ever switched!

Hard to argue w/ this advice.  Been a boat-load of critters dispatched w/ the old core-loks.  If they shoot good I would suspect that at the ranges you're talking you're gonna be fine.... for sure w/ deer.

[Curly]

My first buck was shot w/ a factory 30-06 Remington Cor-lokt bullet.  The deer was running, quartering away and the bullet hit a rib on the way in; the deer dropped instantly and never even twitched, but........it blew up and fragmented.  The heart and lungs were just a big pile of mush and there was lead fragments all over the place.
 
That was the first and only deer I ever shot with a core lokt.  I like heart and liver too much to risk blowing them up, and on that deer the bullet only hit a rib and blew up..........what does it do if it hits something more substantial like a shoulder?

[Red Dawg]

That must have been a fluke. I have shot to many animals with cor-lokt's and never had anything happen like that. They are a great bullet. I think you can buy them and load them yourself.

[MountainWalk]

my opinion means little to you guys, but in the absense of fail safes, in the 06,, i really really like speer hot core 220's.. not as flat shooting, and not fast and flashy, but there isnt much in the way of animal matter that can stop the 220's from penetrating.. im always a heavy for caliber guy. roosevelt and hemmingway used the 220's from an 06  to take cleanly cape buff, rhino, lion.. with full patch loads, you can brain shoot pachyderms..
also, ive had good luck with bear claws. but one of my 06's will not shoot them. nuthin wrong with plain ol noslers partiontons...

[Curly]

That must have been a fluke. I have shot to many animals with cor-lokt's and never had anything happen like that. They are a great bullet.

Yeah, I guess it must have been a fluke.  But I will never give Remington ammo another try after that experience.  (That was about 20yrs ago, maybe they had some quality issues back then?)  I'm an unleaded guy now........only solid copper for me; I don't like lead seasoning in my venison .

[Hunter4Life]

I love the Barnes Triple-Shock X bullet.  I think Barnes makes a great product down the line.  Their Varmint Gernades just blow-up varmints.

[roosterslayer]

I heard  that about the barnes, but i like to save my coyote hides so BTSP, or 55 grain vmax are my choices on coyote and fox!