.308 Hornady Interlock RN 150 gr Experience on Plains Game ?

Hello everyone.

Does anyone have any personal experience with this?
Also, what distances have you shot at with it?

Best regards and thanks
Foxi

Only thing I can offer is that bullet was designed for the 30-30. I used it in that cartridge and reduced 308 loads for whitetail.

I agree 100% with BKS1.
Hornady’s .30 caliber 150 grain round nose is probably a very good bullet in the .30-30 for average N. American deer, pronghorn, coyotes, etc., and fun for target practice.
Hornady bullets in all calibers I have tried are usually very accurate.

Admittedly, I have not shot any animal larger than a jack rabbit (very similar to the African hare) with the .30 caliber, 150 gr. Hornady RNSP.
However, I have examined a coyote (“North American Jackal”), taken while quartering toward the shooter, with this bullet, fired from a .30-30 at approximately 150 paces.
Judging by the fist size exit hole, I am convinced that the bullet deformed (“mushroomed”) properly.

Anyway, my opinion is based primarily on the following:
I have been reading as much as possible about bullets and I’ve been hand loading various caliber Hornady plus other brands of bullets into various cartridges since approximately 1967.
Several of my friends and myself have shot various calibers, weights and brands of bullets into various material, including live animals during hunting seasons.
Personally, I have shot approximately 200 hoofed animals, with various calibers,
from various brands of bullets in various weights.

I conclude that all bullets, made by all bullet companies, including Hornady, are not suitable for all tasks.
A hunter should match the caliber, velocity, bullet construction to the size of animals hunted and also consider the conditions of the chosen hunting area.
Again, the bullet in question is a very good one at relatively tame velocities and definitely not for larger animals, IMO.

Foxi,

If you really want to use a Hornady RN bullet, I'd go with the 180 gr as opposed to the 150 gr. As has been mentioned, the 150 gr is designed for the .30-30 cartrdge. I'm assuming you're using something like a .308 Winchester or a larger case cartridge. I do NOT have any hunting experience with either bullet.

If you're using a .30-06 or a .300 mag, you might also consider the Hornady 220 gr RN depending upon the terrain and expected shooting distances. I've only used the Hornady 220 gr RN for practice with my .30-06.

I did use my .30-06 with handloaded 220 gr Woodleigh RN (bonded core) bullets at 2460 fps MV on Impala, Warthog, Steenbok, Limpopo Bushbuck, and Red Hartebeest in the bushveld of the northern Limpopo Province of South Africa way back in 2002. My longest shot was on the Hartebeest at about 160 yards (estimated / stepped off). The bullet performed well on all of the game. Greater Southern Kudu was also on the menu but I didn't get one on that trip. (I did bag two Kudu on my trip in 2005 using my 9.3x62.)

That's just my two cents worth of advice based on my limited experience.

Cheers! Bob F.



Limpopo Bushbuck taken on a bank of the Limpopo River.
rifle: Ruger M77 Mk II in .30-06 Springfield
handload: 220 gr Woodleigh RN at 2460 fps MV

I found it to be excellent at about 2200 fps in 30-30 and 300 BO.

BKS1 said:

Only thing I can offer is that bullet was designed for the 30-30. I used it in that cartridge and reduced 308 loads for whitetail.

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@BKS1
Those 150gn round nose sure mess up the internals if a goat when they are placed in the south end of a north bound animal. Nothing worth salvaging in the way of meat when driven at 308 velocities. Sort of disconbooberated them. Also leaves big holes in broadside shots on goats.
Bob

I have a recoil sensitive daughter in law and I load them over 25.0grs of 2400 in the 308.
It will kill the crap out of deer out to 150 yards.