bullet sections- woodleigh partition swift etc
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It's a Combined Technology bullet. Made by Nosler/Winchester. I've shot quite a few over the years and I find they are better than the Nosler Partition.
They still make the CT Ballistic Silvertip which is a version of the Nosler BT. And I shoot lots of them too. It looks to be the 2nd from the left.
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sooooo thick!!
i think the IB actually looks the best visually. jacket thickness / lead etc
The idea of bonding core to jacket happened long before the Accubond came about! Soldering the core and jacket together was invented from an elk hunter in the 70s And then came the Trophy bonded bear claw and the Swift A frame then polymer tips all long before the Accubond. So the Accubond being introduced in 2003 is the newer kid on the block with the best of many ideas combined into this projectile. Accubond is the copy of other manufacturers.
I don’t know what the supply situation is with the Woodleighs is these days, and what is actually being made at all at the moment.
I do know that if I lived in Australia and wanted a bullet for general purpose hunting ( lets call that 300 and in and somewhere around 1000 pounds and down) I could shoot Woodlieghs and only Woodleighs and never blink. Part of that is economics and part of it is they are just that good. What with different countries of origin and import duties Woodleighs cost less in Australia than hornady Interlocks, and not by just a little little. Imported designer bullets were right off the chart and probably still are for all I know.
I do know that if I lived in Australia and wanted a bullet for general purpose hunting ( lets call that 300 and in and somewhere around 1000 pounds and down) I could shoot Woodlieghs and only Woodleighs and never blink. Part of that is economics and part of it is they are just that good. What with different countries of origin and import duties Woodleighs cost less in Australia than hornady Interlocks, and not by just a little little. Imported designer bullets were right off the chart and probably still are for all I know.
I have a 30 cal, 180 grain Scirocco II recovered from a Bull Moose I shot a while back.
It is a classic mushroom, and devastated the lungs of the moose. The shot was about
100 meters, and my 308 Norma mag starts that bullet at just over 3100 fps. I was
impressed with the way the bullet looked when recovered. Dave.
It is a classic mushroom, and devastated the lungs of the moose. The shot was about
100 meters, and my 308 Norma mag starts that bullet at just over 3100 fps. I was
impressed with the way the bullet looked when recovered. Dave.
woodleighs do not cost less than idterlocks man,
now days since the Rebuild, sub 30 cal is $65 per 50 (say $130 per 100) an the over 30 cal stuff has jumped right up into $80 per 50, say $160 per 100.....
its between Noslers premium / Barnes and the rest now days---
Being bonded they have their place but i simply cant afford to switch all my rifles back to Woodlieghs just because the yare aussie made---
SPEER being the cheapest down here now around $65 per 100............. up to $80 per 100 .
hornady sst / il start from $80 up to 120 per 100 now.....
its a #### show here.
ive been purchasing online from shops all over country to find those old stock prices-- payin .51c a tip up to .60c a tip before it gets "Evened out" with shipping afetr that price , thats when i go to the local store a good Hour an a half away----
Partitions and Woodleighs are the best bullets I have ever used. I have never recovered one, and never had one that hasn't done massive internal damage while instantly killing the animal.
I have wanted to try northfork bullets, but they are pricy, and alot of the woodleighs I shoot are extremely hard to get still.
But I have so many different bullets for hunting, I'll never have enough animals to hunt to burn up what I currently have...
I have wanted to try northfork bullets, but they are pricy, and alot of the woodleighs I shoot are extremely hard to get still.
But I have so many different bullets for hunting, I'll never have enough animals to hunt to burn up what I currently have...
