I'm rounding up some ammo for an upcoming trip for elephant and buffalo (yes, I actually can't stop smiling). Saw some Woodleigh weldcore solids that were a bit less expensive than the Trophy bonded sledgehammers. Anybody have any experience with the Woodleigh solids? Mine is a 470, by the way.

Thanks!

I've been using the woodleigh for 2 or 3 years now in my .500, and they have performed brilliantly.......

I've also seen some dreadful failures of the Trophy Bonded. Last year one of my clients shot an Eland with one (375 H&H) and it fishtailed like a banana and failed to exit. Having seen that, I'd be very reluctant to use one on an Elephant. :

But that's just one man's opinion.

i love woodleighs and use them in my 458 lott and soon a 700 nitro(i have to pick it up this week)
i also used them in a 375 h&h when i had one.

The solid on the left is a 500 grain Woodleigh 470 Solid. It was retrieved from a buff shot head on and was found under the skin behind hip. Second from left is a 500 grain 470 Weldcore soft retrieved from buff on a finishing shot between shoulders through spine found under skin between legs.It retain 78% of original weight. Velocity was 2108 fps on the chrony.

Dang! Well, fellas, it doesn't get any better than that. Appreciate the feedback, especially about the failure of the Trophy Bonded. Surprising!

Woodleighs it is!! (Hope I get the chance to put them into something this hunt)

I used some 300gr Woodleigh solid on a buff, warthog and elephant last year. They worked great an I can't see a need for anything else. The ele was a brain shot and the bullet exited and is sill going for all I know. The solid was used for the second and third shot on the buffalo and I was quite suprised by his reaction. He humped up with each hit and only went a few yards. I will use the Woodleigh solids again.

Jason

I also like the Woodleigh PSP on Buffalo. I used one last year on a Buff that was running away at a slight angle to me and I put the bullet just off centre of a texas heart shot. The impact spun the Buffalo 180 degrees and (luckily? ) dropped him like a sack of coal, we found the bullet had penetrated the entire length of the body and came to rest at the front of the chest cavity...... weight retention was around 88%......that'll do for me.

I love the Woodleigh bullets and have been using the softs and solids for near a decade, but for solids, if your gun will feed them then you cannot beat the flat nose solids as made by Bridger Bullet Company in the USA and GS Customs in RSA....They simply kill much better than a round nose solid and penitrate deeper and strighter..

I am firmly converted to the FN solids, and the more I use them the less I have been using softs for everything including plainsgame....

Bridger is the way to go