Woodleigh
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Topic: Woodleigh
Posted By: Honkytonk
Subject: Woodleigh
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 1:57pm
| I see we can buy Woodleigh bullets in Canada. 174's and 215's (ouch!) Any members ever try these bullets? My current go to is 150gr Sierra Prohunter, reloaded. I'm thinking of going with 180's for my No 4 Mk 2 sniper clone. |
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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 2:17pm
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I find that 180's - in every factory load I've tried - drop quite a bit. I'm ok with 150's & 174's ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 2:27pm
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Honkytonk, where can we buy these bullets in Canada? I want to load my own 215 grain rounds for one of my Parker Hale #4 rifles. A friend of mine used to use 215 grains on Elk and Moose, etc with good results. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 3:16pm
| Type in Woodleigh Bullets Tradeexcanada. 215 gr Weldnose RN $40 box of 50. Definitely looks like it would leave a mark!!! |
Posted By: SW28fan
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 6:39pm
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My favorite load in the Sierra 180 flat based soft point on 39 grains of Varget ------------- Have a Nice Day If already having a nice day please disregard |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: January 05 2018 at 7:13pm
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Geez Canuck..Elk & moose aren't made of armour. A 180 will do the job very well. ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 10:39am
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I should have mentioned I may be going on a bison hunt next fall up in the Yukon with a couple buddies so I want some big lead for that. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: January 06 2018 at 10:44am
| Let me know how they shoot! I just got an old box of 50 CIL KKSP 215 gr from an old guy down the street. Will load some up for the range for fun! |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 5:16am
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HT: You got CIL ammo? I guess it would be old...they been out of biz since early 70's IIRC ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 6:10am
| Yup. Box of 50. Green and brown box. Price tag from Brandon Hardware says $3.20 ea. |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: January 07 2018 at 8:49am
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well, price is more than 10x that now! ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Pukka Bundook
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 8:01am
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Canuck, You may have feed troubles with the 215 gr in a No 4 action. The ramp is different to the No 1. My hunting Ishapore likes the 215 gr, but up to now have been using old Imperial or Dominion. Getting hard to find so may get some Woodleigh , particularly for the Long Lee. Hoadie, Yes, for elk and such the 180 gr is good enough, but the 215 gr have worked Very well for me.
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Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 8:24am
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Pukka, generally I only load one round into the chamber by hand not from the magazine. I do that as part of my 'fair chase' attitude towards harvesting an animal. My scoped #4 hunting rifle only allows that method anyway as a charger cannot be employed. ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 5:16pm
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PB: Where on earth do you find DOMINION ammo these days? Thot they went dinosaur years ago ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Goosic
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 6:23pm
  This my work up on the 215grn bullets. |
Posted By: Canuck
Date Posted: January 10 2018 at 6:35pm
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Nice T-REX load! ------------- Castles made of sand slip into the sea.....eventually |
Posted By: Pukka Bundook
Date Posted: January 13 2018 at 6:43am
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Goosic, I note you are using my favourite powder in the above load! Brilliant in t he .303. Hoadie, Ancient but clean ammo still turns up. I like the Dominion brass better than Imperial. Used some 1927 ammo a year or two ago. Groups were Slightly more open, but went off like new.
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Posted By: hoadie
Date Posted: January 13 2018 at 7:01am
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Hmmm..I got some 1890 Brass/ black powder rnds..I wonder (yurning purple @ the primers, tho) I got some DND .22 rnd, from 1939. ------------- Loose wimmen tightened here |
Posted By: Honkytonk
Date Posted: January 13 2018 at 8:11am
| In the late '70's, my brothers girlfriend (now ex-wife) her dad was a Colonel in the Reserves. He had CASES of 303 ammo in his basement, and he didn't shoot! Me and my brother must have shoot hundreds and hundreds of the FMJ's! Good times! |
Posted By: Ranch Dog
Date Posted: February 22 2018 at 6:28am
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I've used the Woodleigh #68 215-grain RN with both my No. 4 MKI and No. 5 sporters with excellent results, both accuracy and at the terminal end. Ranch life here in South Texas demands that you spend a bunch of time killing feral hogs. One of my most memorable kills was with the No. 5 shortly after I sighted in the rifle with the heavy Woodleigh, right here at my house. I have a feeder that is 70 yards from my back porch and late one night there was a very large boar out there tearing it up. I went out the back door and dumped it with the Woodleigh. I mean dumped it. The bullet picked the hog up off its feet and dumped it about three to five yards from where it was standing!  It was a short night and the next day I had to drive my Mom the 200 miles up to Houston and back for an appointment at a hospital. When I got back, I noticed that there were buzzards in the brush behind the feeder. I was surprised to find a hog, equally as large, dead!  It was about 40 yards from where the first hog had been, about 15 yards of that dense thorn brush. The previous night I was a bit curious about the large entrance hole on the first hog, look at that picture good, and a bit concerned that the Woodleigh had failed on impact with the hog's shield. I couldn't believe that especially in light of the other boar DRT further back. I did a bit of CSI and found some amazing results. I have pens around the feeder so I can keep the hogs out and let the deer jump in. When I want a hog, I open a "gap" in the hog panels. The Woodleigh impacted a steel post before hitting the first hog!  The bullet kept on its intended path even though it passed through the post! It went completely through the first hog and the second hog. It penetrated the second hog after it went through the trunk of a 4" mesquite tree, chopping it down, 10 yards in front of it! You can see the top part of tree laying across the rib cage of the second hog. The Woodleighs are about 50ยข more per bullet than any other offering, but if you need some killing authority, I think you will find it in the #68!
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