Recent content by nosler358w

I received a nice reply for Woodleigh a few days ago. The gist of it is: "Yes l think you are correct ,you may be bordering on the lower end of the impact range but would have still thought it would have opened slightly in water.l suspect it may have been a little bit hard also." They asked...

Thanks for the additional comments; I too was very surprised by the outcome. At much closer ranges (~25 yds) they seemed to expand just fine when fired into a wood backstop, but as others have pointed out to me wood may not be the best test medium. As SJB358 suggested, I've emailed Woodleigh...

Thanks for the comments. I've tried to attach a picture; we'll see if it takes. The fired bullet is in the middle. A tiny bit of lead appears to have eroded from the tip, but otherwise pretty much intact. I think my 358W just doesn't have the omph for this sturdy bullet at any reasonable...

I loaded some Woodleigh 225 gr protected points for my Browning 358 BLR. Using H4895, my loads were 0.1gr over the Hodgdon published max; my chrony indicated a velocity of about 2350 fps 20' from the muzzle (the BLR has a 20" barrel). I set up gallon milk jugs 100 yds from the muzzle. The...