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Speer .243 90 Grain Hot-Cor?
@ 06:57 am (GMT) |
Ryan NafeFellas,Have any of you used this bullet? It doesn’t seem to be particularly popular or widely used or talked about. It looks to me like it could be a very good middle ground in weight and toughness, using it on local game for a number of years as a performance benchmark. The most I’ve found in extensive searches this morning is occasional mentions on forums, something like, “I’ve been using the bullet over a heavy charge of 4350 for 20 years with very good accuracy, and it always does a great job on deer/hogs/goats,” but there’s usually no elaboration or further comments on this sort of stuff. Are they not very popular because performance on medium game and varmints is rather mediocre, or are they underrated? Am I possibly right to suspect that it has potential as a middle ground reference point? |
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@ 09:25 am (GMT) |
Scott StruifRe: Speer .243 90 Grain Hot-Cor?Hi Ryan. I shouldn't comment when I have no first-hand experience with the Hot-Cor. But Federal discontinued its factory-loaded offerings of the 80 and 100 grain Hot-Cors, probably due to poor sales. In contrast, when they discontinued their TSX offering (maybe because they had developed two proprietary monometal replacements of their own), it didn't take them long to reintroduce the TTX (at Shot Show 2019). They must have taken a hit to their bottom line. Federal and Speer are owned by the same parent company, so maybe it's something devious like, "Let's not offer a 90 grain factory 243 cup-and-core load, but sell the 90 grain Hot-Cor as a boutique item for handloaders." Either way, the Hot-Cor must not have been a big seller for them. |
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@ 09:25 am (GMT) |
Scott StruifRe: Speer .243 90 Grain Hot-Cor?Hi Ryan. I shouldn't comment when I have no first-hand experience with the Hot-Cor. But Federal discontinued its factory-loaded offerings of the 80 and 100 grain Hot-Cors, probably due to poor sales. In contrast, when they discontinued their TSX offering (maybe because they had developed two proprietary monometal replacements of their own), it didn't take them long to reintroduce the TTX (at Shot Show 2019). They must have taken a hit to their bottom line. Federal and Speer are owned by the same parent company, so maybe it's something devious like, "Let's not offer a 90 grain factory 243 cup-and-core load, but sell the 90 grain Hot-Cor as a boutique item for handloaders." Either way, the Hot-Cor must not have been a big seller for them. |
@ 05:23 am (GMT) |
Geoff HolmesRe: Speer .243 90 Grain Hot-Cor?I have used them extensively but only on smaller antelope - Springbok (25-30kg) and Blesbok (45-50kg) at ranges from 100-350 meters. Never had a bullet blowup and mostly complete passthrough with good sized exits. Never tried them at long range or on large bodied antelope. I think the reason they’re not more popular is that they’re just not sexy - no polymer tip and a middling BC value. They are very well priced here in SA and I plan to keep on using them in my 243. |
@ 02:23 pm (GMT) |
Warwick MarflittRe: Speer .243 90 Grain Hot-Cor?It sounds like it's the Toyota Corolla of the 243 projectile range. It gets you there without a fuss..... |
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@ 02:17 pm (GMT) |
Scott StruifRe: Speer .243 90 Grain Hot-Cor?Yeah. I've read good things about the Hot-Cor, which Geoff's comment confirms. Though not technically a bonded bullet, the core is poured into the jacket molten, providing better adhesion than cores forced in with swaging lubricant. The big mail order ammo retailers in the US still list Federal's loaded Hot-Cor ammo as available, but when I ordered a box a year ago it came loaded with Federal's standard cup and core bullets. |
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