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Originally posted by 416Tanzan:

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Don't ever underestimate the Woodleigh 300 gr. PP or RN BTW, its blood and devastation on every thing Ive shot with it, in my 24" .338 win. including Buffalo, Eland,my largest elk, Moose and Mule Deer, and I was amazed at just how flat it shot.

I don't underestimate the Woodleigh and have a box and a half sitting around in the US. My only hunting experience was three decades ago with the 300gn Barnes (original). We only used it for warthogs around water holes because in those days the 250NP shot flatter, not to mention the old Speer. With today's flat-shooting bullets I doubt if the Woodleighs are going to make it across the pond, good though they are.

Of course, if the 338 were my only hunting rifle (it's not, nor planned to be), then the Woodleighs at 2450fps might make a nice buffalo surprise, turning the 338 almost fully into a 375. The Woodleighs do seem to expand quite a bit, but the 338 has plenty of SD to push that wide mushroom very deep. (An SD of .375 is way way up there, even better than the 350gn .375" weldcore BC .356.)

PS: I just did a little calculation. Our 338s could probably push that 300 Woodleigh at 2475fps with R-17 or R-16. The bullet wouldn't cross the 2000fps barrier until about 300 yards and would still have over 2500 ft#. Yes, that is a buffalo load that could be used for most antelope distances out to 300 yards. Sighted-in 2.1" at 100yards it would drop -11.7" at 300. Definitely huntable. Wind-drift 10mph only 9.0". Recoil in our little 7.5# scoped Tikka would be 45 ft#, which would make it feel like a buffalo rifle, too. All to the good.