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Woodleigh .308 cal 180gr PP on sale!!!
01 April 2004, 13:25
BFaucettWoodleigh .308 cal 180gr PP on sale!!!
www.midwayusa.comWoodleigh Bullets 30 Caliber (308 Diameter) 180 Grain Protected Point
Box of 50< !--color-->We made a special purchase of these popular bullets from a major ammunition manufacturer so we could pass on the incredible savings to our customers. Woodleigh�s Protected Point has a small flat nose. At the nose section are six internal grooves, which are designed to strategically weaken the front jacket area for reliable expansion. Bullets come packaged in reusable Frankford Arsenal Plastic Utility Boxes. We have limited number of these bullets at these prices, so stock up today and save.
Woodleigh Bullets 30 Caliber (308 Diameter) 180 Grain Protected Point
Box of 50Product #: 438482
Manufacturer #: 272936
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Woodleigh Bullets 30 Caliber (308 Diameter) 180 Grain Magnum< !--color--> Protected Point
Box of 50Product #: 180918
Manufacturer #: 536179
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Sale Expires: Dec. 31, 2004
01 April 2004, 13:43
bill smithwhat is the difference in these two bullets? Midway doesn't have much of a description. they appear to be the same.
01 April 2004, 15:39
4bambamI thinks Midway screwed up. I have shot the Woodleigh 180gr win mag bullet in my 30-378-lenght-1.190 with a BC of 435, The other 180gr is 1.153 in lenght and has a BC of 376. The Magnum bullet they show, say it is for use in Magnum Vel. cartridges. But Woodleighs home page does not say there are 3 different bullets in the 180gr just 2.
01 April 2004, 23:07
<JOHAN>bill smith
Contact them and ask or check with Woodleigh bullets. The price is a steal.
I would never sue woodleigh bullets in a 30-378 with full loads since the impoct vel. is a bit high on regular distances. Barnes X , swift or other tough bullets would be a better choice.
/ JOHAN
02 April 2004, 04:43
BFaucettOn their web site, Woodliegh doesn't provide much explanation on the difference between the two bullets either. My guess is that one is for the .308 Win, .30-06 class of cartridges and the other one is for the various .300 Magnums.
Woodleigh does show two different bullets in their catalog with two different catalog numbers.
Woodleigh's web site:
http://www.woodleighbullets.com.au/Their catalog is available as a .pdf file on their web site.
-Bob F.
-Edited to remove pic of Woodleigh's catalog page.
02 April 2004, 05:03
BFaucettQuote:
I thinks Midway screwed up. I have shot the Woodleigh 180gr win mag bullet in my 30-378-lenght-1.190 with a BC of 435, The other 180gr is 1.153 in lenght and has a BC of 376. The Magnum bullet they show, say it is for use in Magnum Vel. cartridges. But Woodleighs home page does not say there are 3 different bullets in the 180gr just 2.
4bambam,
I don't see where you're getting a total of 3 bullets from. Woodleigh shows 2 different 180gr bullets and MidwayUSA's site lists the 2 different 180gr bullets on sale; not 3. See my pic of Woodleigh's catalog that I posted above.
However, I do see where Midway may have listed the wrong Technical Specifications on their web site for the Magnum bullet. If you check the specs for the Magnum bullet, it lists the specs for the "regular" 180gr bullet. I think they just messed up and their web people just entered the same Tech Specs, by mistake, for both bullets on their web site. Not a big deal.
Based on Midway's specs for the Magnum bullet being different from Woodleigh's description may have led you to believe that there were two different Magnum bullets, with different specs, plus the regular bullet for a total of 3. But I think it was just Midway entering the wrong specs for the Magnum bullet as I noted above. Woodleigh only makes the 2 180gr .30 caliber bullets.
-Bob F.
02 April 2004, 14:05
bill smithi looked at the web site and spoke to the Midway rep. neither were very imformative. the only difference i see is that the length is different. and the BC is a little higher for the longer of the two. Woodleigh shows both to function across the same velocity range. in other words, i think they are the same except the longer one may be slightly more pointed. anyway, since i am gonna use them in a .308 or .30-06, i went ahead and bought the shorter bullets. almost all of my shooting is done under 200 yards. and like you said, Johan, the price is darned sure right.
03 April 2004, 04:42
BFaucettI bought 6 boxes of the shorter ("non-magnum") 180's. I plan to use them in my .30-06. I was very pleased with the performance of the Woodleigh 220gr .30 caliber round nose bullets when I used them in my .30-06 for bushveld hunting in South Africa in 2002. Also, back in 2001, a friend used the Woodleigh 180s in his .308 Win for feral hogs and taking a yearling Eland (meat hunt) at Camp Cooley Ranch here in Texas. His .308 did the job. The Eland was a yearling but he still weighed about 300 lbs or so. The bullet broke both shoulders and exited.
-Bob F.
03 April 2004, 13:42
4bambamB FAUCETT-Jumped the gun on you're advertisement about the woodleigh magnum bullet being Part #65D. Well that is wrong-#65D is the 180gr winchester magnum bullet with the BC of 435 and lenght of 1.190. Not on Sale, the one I said I shot in my 30-378 as an answer to Ku dude posts on page 5 now in under reloading. The Magnum bullet B-Faucett is refering to has the same BC as the standard 180gr bullet which is 435 and 1.153 in lenght which are both on sale. The Magnum bullet as I was refering to as the 3rd bullet was not on the Woodleigh home page. Midway had the listing for 2 magnum bullets and that is why I said I think Midway SCREWED up. The REASON MIDWAY HAS THE 180gr MAGNUM BULLET is because they were over runs that were suppost to go to a company to be loaded for over the counter ammunition. The MAGNUM BULLET woodleigh does not sell to the public, it has a heaiver jacket than the other 2 -180gr bullets. So as to say Woodleigh does make 3--180gr BULLETS>
03 April 2004, 18:20
BFaucett4bambam,
Okay, fine. I was simply going by the best information I had available to me (Woodleigh's web site and their catalog). I was mistaken and you were correct. No need to get all "in my face" about it. I'll edit my original post (that started this thread) to delete the Woodleigh part numbers that are incorrect.
-Bob F.
04 April 2004, 04:39
4bambamIt is Midways fault for not telling how they come about getting that bullet in the first place. Then not saying there was a difference in the bullets to begin with to make it more understandable. Just like when Midsouth got all those barrier bullets, they were half way right in saying they could sell them to the public. But they were made for another company to be reloaded and some thing in the deal went wrong. They are not a discontinued Item at Hornady either. Did not mean to get in you're face, just did not want every one to think they were getting a higher Bal-coefficent in that bullet and were not. Just took a day to find out what was going on.
04 April 2004, 05:35
H�ctor Carlos RovedaIt is possible for you export 2 boxes to my home, in Argentina?
I'm like to proof this bullets in two of my rifles (.30-06 and .308), hunting jabali and deers.
I'm in use others calibers of Woodleigh (.458/480 grs; .303/215) and are excellents in game.
Best Regards.
H�ctor
04 April 2004, 12:34
BFaucett4bambam,
Thanks. I see that you edited your original post regarding the bullet differences. I appreciate that. Would you mind sharing as to the source of your informaiton about the bullet differences? Did you call Midway or even Woodleigh? Just curious.
Thanks,
-Bob F.
I am guessing that the woodleigh's for the 300 mags will be rated at a higher impact velocity.
04 April 2004, 15:44
4bambamI did a little of both and Midway said they would change it to make sure that the Win-Magnum and Magnum listings were to different bullets. At the end of the day I called back, and it seemed they had a Bunch of calls wanting to know why there were 2 different Magnum bullets listed there and not on the Woodleigh site. But they did not change any thing on there site. May be they thought it might hurt sales if they were over runs- It happened to me before yrs back, got some 140gr Nos-Partitions and they had a crimping groove. So I called Nosler and they also were over runs to go to Federal Ammunition to be loaded, but got a $36.00 dollar refund for 500 that I bought that were packaged 100 in a plastic bag
Was just on Midways web page and for the Magnum 180gr it say's---Not Available-One Time Run
04 April 2004, 16:36
Doc1972Gee thay sure are good prices. Even with freight to the good old US of A they still seem very cheap, snap them up while you can.
Doc 1972.