The Remington Core-Lokt Tipped Lever Gun .35 Remington 200-grain centerfire rifle cartridge is an advanced hunting ammunition system engineered specifically for use in tubular magazine lever-action rifles. It is optimized for medium-to-large North American big game hunting, such as whitetail deer, feral hogs, and black bear. A major historical friction point with tubular-magazine rifles is that traditional pointed spitzer bullets introduce a severe primer-detonation risk when stacked tip-to-primer under heavy recoil. This has forced hunters to rely on aerodynamically inefficient round-nose or flat-nose bullets that lose velocity rapidly downrange. Remington completely resolves this ballistic bottleneck by engineering a soft, flat-faced polymer tip that ensures absolute internal magazine safety while drastically increasing the projectile's ballistic efficiency.
The technical advantage centers on balancing magazine safety with flat trajectories and high mass retention. Launching a heavy-for-caliber 200-grain projectile at a calibrated muzzle velocity of 2,100 FPS, this load carries excellent downrange momentum. Mechanically, the flat polymer tip preserves a significantly higher ballistic coefficient than traditional round-nose designs and prevents bullet nose deformation during violent recoil cycles inside the tube. Upon impact, the polymer tip acts as a wedge, compressing into a pre-engineered nose cavity to initiate immediate, uniform mushrooming. Beneath the tip, the legendary Core-Lokt tapered jacket is mechanically bonded to the lead core, locking the components together to regulate the expansion rate and prevent jacket-core separation.
Operating at a steady 2,100 FPS, this heavy 200-grain load is mathematically precision-tuned to match the trajectories and impact points of Remington's legacy soft-point loads. This intentional ballistic matching allows hunters to instantly upgrade to high-performance tipped ammunition without undergoing a frustrating and drastic recalculation of their existing scope zero or iron sight alignment. Built using factory-fresh, premium Boxer-primed brass cases and a clean-burning propellant matrix, the system delivers glass-smooth feeding through classic lever-action carrier mechanics, positive chamber sealing, and highly reliable extraction in dense-timber hunting environments.
Key Benefits
- Tubular Magazine Safe: Specialized flat-faced polymer tip provides absolute safety when stacked nose-to-tail under heavy recoil forces in classic lever rifles.
- Core-Lokt Mechanical Bond: Tapered copper jacket is mechanically locked to the lead core to prevent breakup, maintaining high mass weight retention for deep vital tracking.
- Drop-In Trajectory Upgrade: Purposefully matched to legacy .35 Remington soft-point ballistics, allowing a high-efficiency performance upgrade without altering your scope zero.
- Tip-Driven Controlled Expansion: Advanced polymer tip compresses into a pre-engineered internal cavity upon target contact, triggering symmetrical, wide-diameter mushrooming.
Technical Specification
- Ballistics: .35 Remington | 2,100 FPS Muzzle Velocity | Heavy-for-Caliber Tipped Ballistic Profile | Lever Gun Series
- Projectile: 200 Grain | Core-Lokt Tipped Flat Polymer Nose | Bonded Lead Core | Tapered Copper Jacket
- Case/Primer: Premium Virgin Brass Case | All-Weather Non-Corrosive Boxer Primed | Clean-Burning Propellant | Reloadable
- Logistics: 20 Rounds Per Box | Remington Core-Lokt Tipped Lever Gun Series
- Dimensions: .35 Rem Geometry | Standard Centerfire Rifle Box Configuration | SKU: R21429
- Application: Medium-to-Large Big Game Hunting, Dense Timber Stalking, and Traditional Lever-Action Rifle Modernization | Whitetail, Feral Hogs, and Black Bear
- Standards: SAAMI Compliant | Factory Precision Hunting Quality Benchmarks
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