Info on Hornady interlocks

[tom338]

Anybody use these on deer or elk?? Hear lots about other brands both good and bad but never much about Hornady.

 

[sbhooper]

I have killed a few elk and tons of deer with them in several calibers. They are cheap, shoot accurately in every rifle that I have tried and kill well. You cannot go wrong. I now use Partitions for elk just because I can, but the Interlocks will do fine.

 

[Ben Lamb]

What Hooper said.

They're a good bullet and do the job well. I've used them in 30-06 & 338 WM on deer & elk with great success. They were a little soft out of the WM, but they still put the critter down humanely.

 

[Curvebow]

I have used Interlocks in both 6.5 and 350 Remington Magnums on whitetail deer. They have performed well and shot well. As others have stated, they don't cost an arm & 1/2 of a leg either!

 

[sbhooper]

What caliber are you considering using them in?

 

[Mthuntinfool]

My grandfather, dad, brother, and I use them almost exclusively, and we never had a bad experience. Put it where it needs to go, and it'll kill every time.

 

[Trigger50]

Great bullet. Run them w standard powder charges. Don't run them real hot !

 

[Arch Stanton]

My wife and I shoot 165g BTSP out of .308, 30-06, and 300 WIN MAG. They work great. 1 shot kills, never had a mule deer run more than 40 yards. My uncle uses them on Elk with great satisifaction. They shoot very well at the range once you find a load that works for your gun

 

[Gunner46]

I used to use them exclusively, back in the day when I was long on hunting, short on experience, and more importantly even shorter on $$$.

Did they work ? Well, that was 30 yrs ago.

But here is what sent me to Noslers.

Hunt A: Axis deer, in Hawaii. 7RM, 139 boattail @ about 3000 fps, inside 200 yds. I hit the shoulder spatula and then disintegrated. Deer expired immediately.

Hunt B: B&C Black Bear, in AZ. 338 WM, 200 gr flat nose designed for the old 33 Win (discontinued YEARS ago), downloaded to 2500 fps. Might as well been a FMJ. Yeah, dead bear, but.....

I've read tons, Tons, TONS from hunters since then about good results, but I'm stuck on the disintegrate & FMJ experiences.

I'll stay with Nosler.

 

[Blackbruin]

I have loaded them in 35 whelen, 358 winchester, they work fine on bear and deer

 

[sbhooper]

I used to use them exclusively, back in the day when I was long on hunting, short on experience, and more importantly even shorter on $$$.

Did they work ? Well, that was 30 yrs ago.

But here is what sent me to Noslers.

Hunt A: Axis deer, in Hawaii. 7RM, 139 boattail @ about 3000 fps, inside 200 yds. I hit the shoulder spatula and then disintegrated. Deer expired immediately.

Hunt B: B&C Black Bear, in AZ. 338 WM, 200 gr flat nose designed for the old 33 Win (discontinued YEARS ago), downloaded to 2500 fps. Might as well been a FMJ. Yeah, dead bear, but.....

I've read tons, Tons, TONS from hunters since then about good results, but I'm stuck on the disintegrate & FMJ experiences.

I'll stay with Nosler.

Why were you shooting at a spatula? Did your wife get pissed when she could not mix her cake?

 

[Gunner46]

I was trying to flip him.

 

[Rooster52]

Hornady interlock are great bullets,nosler partitions are a little better. If one shoots better than the other in your rifle ,that is what I would use.