Remington lists its Core-Lokt 150-grain PSP for big game, and it is the plain soft-point baseline among 150-grain hunting loads. The Core-Lokt is a pointed soft point with its lead core locked into the jacket. It carries a G1 BC of .314, leaves the muzzle at 2,910 fps, and zeroed at 200 yards it drops about 8 inches at 300.

Compared with Federal's Power-Shok 150-grain JSP, there is nothing to choose on paper: the Federal has the same G1 BC, the same muzzle speed and the same kick in the same rifle. At 400 yards, a steady 10 mph wind blowing across the range pushes each of them about 19 inches sideways. Compared with Remington's 150-grain Core-Lokt Tipped, the PSP loses ground past 300 yards. The Core-Lokt Tipped carries a G1 BC of .415, and at 400 yards the same wind pushes it about 13 inches. Zeroed at 200 yards, the Core-Lokt PSP drops about 24 inches at 400 and the Core-Lokt Tipped about 21.

Buy the Core-Lokt PSP for big-game hunting in woods and along field edges, where shots stay inside 300 yards. Treat Federal's Power-Shok 150 as the same .30-06 load and choose by the bullet you prefer. Pick the Core-Lokt Tipped 150 or the Premier 150-grain Swift Scirocco Bonded if your shots can stretch to 400 yards. For practice, Remington's UMC 150-grain FMJ is a full metal jacket range load at the same 2,910 fps.