Woodleigh Bullets

[bruce moulds]

ray,
the more you look at your 416 experience, the more it looks like you are searching for something better than std without testing std as a control.
the 400 gn soft of good construction is what made the name for this calibre.
is had a good sectional density, combined with a good speed, in balance.
I can only reiterate, try the swift aframe 400 gn at factory speed first, on many head of game, before trying outlier bullets.
sometimes std has evolved for a reason.
unless you are using 416 for elephant.
bruce.

 

[Laurie Colgrave]

Hi Dr Ray, I have used these 450gn bullets and have had very poor performance with them from my 416 Rigby.

450 gn Woodleigh 2

• Neale
• Jan 17, 2020
• 1

450 gn Woodleigh

• Neale
• Jan 17, 2020
• 1

This bullet was removed from a scrub bull. The Bull was hit at a range of approximately 50m side on and the bullet hit
just behind the front leg. It broke a near side rib and through the chest
cavity through both lungs and lodged in tissue just on the other side of the
off side rib.
The bullet only hit a rib and as you can see there is nothing left other
than jacket down to the cannelure.
I tried the same bullet just recently with the following result.
I shot a Micky bull (young scrub bull) in poor condition at 142m(ranged).
The shot placement was not real good and hit him too far back. The entry did
not hit a rib and I found the bullet in the stomach.It also did not mushroom but folded the jacket back in ragged pieces. I must say it was poor performance as I thought at that range with a little less velocity it would pass through given that it only had
chewed grass as an impediment.
I have now lost all confidence and will not be using these in my 416 Rigby.
My communication with Geoff from Woodleigh has not been as positive as yours.

"Hi Neale,
Thank's for that, obviously, we will have to do some gell, and field testing
to see what is wrong. I have had excellent results with 400 gr from my 416
Rem."
If you test these Dr Ray please get up nice and close to the target animal so that short range performance is gauged.
Please recover the bullets and estimate the penetration.

Hi guys I have a a batch of 450gn .416 Woodleighs loaded for a trip that should include scrub bulls. My load is about 2200fps MV out of my Taylor. Whilst the bullets are sub par for Woodleigh they look as though they function ok, excepting close encounters with poor shot options. I have used the 410gn bullet at 2340fps with great success & thought the 450gn was more of the same .... Thanks for the post. I will post my pics when iI use them.

 

[Dr Ray]

I have used a swift A Frames and they are good. I’m asked to test the 450 grain Woodleighs for them on big stuff (obviously).

 

[Chris S]

I really like the Woodleigh bullets for a 404, but haven't quite figured out the difference in performance with the 347 & 350 gr bullets. The max velocity for the lighter is 2300 while the latter can go 2600. the confusing part is for most loads in the 404 Jeffery the bullet will be traveling slower than 2300 by about 50 feet off the muzzle. Seems like the bullet should work well in the 404. Maybe when you chat with Geoff you might ask him about this. I'd appreciate it.

The 347 was traditionally the load for the 10.75x68. So my understanding is 347 are designed for the 10.75x68 which runs a little slower than the 404J but basically has the same bore diameter (.001 difference).