You know I made a very bold statement before deer season began, that there was absolutely NO SUCH THING AS A DEER CURSE. Now the turkey voodoo, that stuff is real. I have never had a problem with a deer curse though, UNTIL I SAID THERE WAS NOT ONE. I have not been able to capitalize on opportunity since that statement was made, and I've had one buck I have been trying to kill for several years just totally rub it in my face twice this year. All I need is a misfire.

And the coreloct jinx beginning. Youll be shooting winchester balllistic tips by the end of the season!

I don't understand the aversion to quality ammo. Shoot whatever you want but why skimp on the cheapest part of the hunt? You could shoot the most expensive ammo made and it is still a lot cheaper for that shot than the gas it took to drive to your hunting spot.

I don't understand the aversion to quality ammo. Shoot whatever you want but why skimp on the cheapest part of the hunt? You could shoot the most expensive ammo made and it is still a lot cheaper for that shot than the gas it took to drive to your hunting spot.

And the coreloct jinx beginning. Youll be shooting winchester balllistic tips by the end of the season!

Thats the primer not the bullet.

Absolutely no aversion to quality ammo. I've shot core lokts since I was 13, they perform well in my rifle, they have resulted in 100% kills and they just happen to be the cheapest. High powered rifles in 06 are all that I own. I hope to change this in the near future and I guarantee that I will experiment with a wide variety of different rounds. Now handgun ammo is a different story, that's where most of money is spent.

I'm not trying to resurrect the oldest debate on aldeer, but I am curious to understand what the core-lokt naysayers expect out of the performance of a projectile. I have recovered a few core-lokts before, after hitting the CNS, or having a long trajectory through the entire length of a deer before. I finally decided to measure, and weigh one. I recovered a 150 grain in 30-06, that traveled from just in front of the back right hip, through the intestines, liver, lungs, and heart of a big doe, busted the offside shoulder, and was lodged just under the skin. The diameter had increased 2.86X the original diameter, to exactly 20 mm. The jacket expanded, exposing the lead core, which left a perfect mushroom. The weight of the projectile was 92.58 grains, or 62% of its original weight. This is fairly representative of what I see from the majority of them.

So how did this projectile, which cost less than $1/round, and shoots a sub MOA group perform inferior to a Barnes, Hornady, or some other fancy smancy round that cost $73/box?