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Originally posted by 338User:

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Originally posted by PC:
On a recent pig hunting trip I shot a reasonable sized bore from around 50 yards facing me with my .500 A2 using the woodleigh 570 gr soft it Chrono's at around 2250 fps (102 gr of Varget if I recall correctly...safe in my rifle) and did not get an exit I was really suprised. I expected an exit from the .500 A2 on a feral pig with this bullet. So given that the 535 gr would give a lot less expansion, the pig did go down like it had been hit with a bolt of lightening however,

I have hit 3 pigs with 525gn Woodleigh RNSN bullets driven at 2500fps. Two out of 3 bullets were recovered flattened against the fighting shield on the other side of the pig with 80% or better retained weight, (quartering shots). The pigs dropped as if poleaxed.

However I would not use that load on buffalo or other large dangerous game, as you would not be able to guarantee the needed penetration. Woodleighs work best if kept within their design impact velocity rating, which for those bullets is 2200fps. If you used 600gn PPSN Woodleigh softs or either 525gn or 600gn Woodleigh Solids, 525gn or 600gn North Fork cup point solids, Barnes 525gn TSX, or the new Non Con 485 gn hollow points from CEB, I believe you would definitely get a pass through at any velocity above 2000 fps, up to probably 2400 with the 600gn PPSN, but up to as fast as you can stand with any of the others.

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Originally posted by 416Tanzan:
Nice pig, nice rifle.

and you should feel comfortable about a 570gnTSX for buffalo.
The TSX cannot flatten and turn inside out like the Woodleigh softs. That's why monometal bullets were invented.