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Anyone have any experience with these bullets from Australia? Particularly in 180gr and 240gr for the 30-06. Heard a few good things about them: gilded metal jacket, bonded lead core, Norma used to load some of their ammo using woodleigh bullets. I think I read that the Norma oryx is a copy of the weldcore. I could be wrong though, so let me know!

Thanks!
 
Good bullets. Have used the Woodleigh 35 caliber 310gr RN SN in my .358 Winchester BLR at ~2100 fps MV on Moose. Excellent penetrator.

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Very reputable bullet here in Australia, 180gr in 30 cl would be one of the most used bullets for a reloader here, good for your Big deer, pigs and ive even seen them used on Buffllo.

Havnt much info on the 240gr but can imagine its a good penetrater an will oen up in the right velocity bracket.

I use 7mm Weldcore 140grainers now almost exclusively..

The power is out here atm but iv recovered a few bullets and they are text book 4/5 petal mushrooms if not one solid mushroom.

Good choice

WL from OZ
 
I used the 180 in the 30-06 culling, its a very good bullet. Mind you, I judge bullets by wound channels, visual indicators of hits and tendency for instant drops not by weighing them to see if they worked or not.
 
This is 405 woodleigh from my 45-70 @2100fps I have not shot anything with them yet. I did capture this bullet it looks great.

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I drove a 250gr Weldcore RN SP damn near lengthwise through a big black bear from my 8mm Rem Mag a number of years ago. I've shot the 240gr 30 cal in my 300wm and the 350gr in my 375 Ruger, great accuracy and they hold together very well. Large diameter expansion
 
They have an outstanding reputation for use in large-bore dangerous game chamberings and Norma loads them in their premium Safari ammo. They are tried and true, so if you can get them, use them, particularly for thicker-skinned critters.
 
I am a fan having a heavy bullet expand moderately on medium game and even better on larger game.

What I mean is, it is better to have a bullet that will over penetrate on a smaller animal rather than one that will not penetrate adequately on a big one.

I have not used Woodleighs, but will consider them in the future.
 
I have found them softer than I would like and expensive for what you get. I like the protected point but would rather shoot a sierra prohunter before I went out of my way for woodlieghs again.
 
burns k31 said:
Anyone have any experience with these bullets from Australia? Particularly in 180gr and 240gr for the 30-06. Heard a few good things about them: gilded metal jacket, bonded lead core, Norma used to load some of their ammo using woodleigh bullets. I think I read that the Norma oryx is a copy of the weldcore. I could be wrong though, so let me know!

Thanks!
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just checked an oryx and a woodleigh in 9.3 285 grains they may look the same but not the same size ... both are great bullet anyway ...
 
Dogleg said:
They open up easy.
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I was considering these as something to try in terms of a bonded bullet option. I was really happy with the Accubonds over the cup and core stuff I first reloaded with for hunting...do the Woodleighs open up more than the ABs? (7-08 here.)

Regards
Ronr
 
very good, it seems to me like they are an easy opening, normal bullet, but with the core bonded to prevent its separating. all the other bonded bullets I researched it seemed like they were very tough. I like these woodlieghs!
 
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