Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Hunting Rifles Antone try the 160 Woodleigh PP in a 6.5 x 55?

I don't really need it but it looks cool and I know it would penetrate well for a super expanding bullet. I know a mono might do better and the truth is I have yet to shoot anything that doesn't perform well in the Swede it makes everything work well.

If so what load and velocity did you get? Is 1 in 8 fast enough twist?

I used the 156 Oryx at 2600 using RL26 in my Swede. It was very accurate and looked like it would work excellent for bigger sized animals.

I remember a discussion of it years past. I don't think the poster is around anymore.

Here it is.

8 twisted 6.5-06 shot them great.

The Oryx is well proven and has a good reputation for Scandinavian Moose. I might try some for Hogs around here. What load for R26?

They seem like the ideal bullet for a 1-8" 6.5-06, 6.5-284, or .264. I'm not sure the 6.5x55 can drive them fast enough to stay about the 2000 ft/s minimum operating velocity for that far. That would be my only concern.

Are these a true round nose, or a semi-spitzer?

They have both the Protected Point and round nose in 160's SD 328 BC .509 so no slouch in that department. Cooking along at 2600 fps I don't think they would drop below Woodleigh's recommended 1800 fps minimum till about 350-400 or so yards.

Would be a real hammer out of a 26 Nosler or the 6.5x300 Weatherby.

I need round nose bullets to feed correctly in my 6.5 Mannlicher. The way the feed ramp is cut, the spitzer shape misses the chamber because the nose of the bullets themselves determine the feed angle, not the brass shell. I am told my a few friends in Germany and Austria that all the early 6.5X54 M/S rifles were made that way. I guess they were right. I tried a few different spitzers and none of them will feed, not even one round. The RN Hornady bullets feed like water going through a funnel.

In the USA the ONLY RN 6.5MM bullet made anymore is the Hornady 160 gr, and they only make them on a limited basis. Sierra discontinued theirs.
So I am keeping my eyes and ears open for other bullets of heavy weight and with round nose points.

If you seat them to 3.03" or a bit more they'll feed like a hot knife thru butter.

Yeah. I'm wondering if that's too much assuming one has no interest in the "long range" hunting that's become a fad recently. I fall in that camp - I don't think it's possible to ethically shoot game past about 400y - not a hard limit, but the line is somewhere around there. Seems like you'd be at risk of exceeding the 3000 ft/s recommend max impact velocity.

I'm thinking .264WM or 6.5-300WSM would be about the most you'd need to hit 3000 ft/s. Actually, that last idea is a good one - .270/.300 WSM brass isn't going anywhere, a very modern cartridge design, a one-step resize, there's a million CRF M70s in different weights to convert, and it's right at the top of the bullet velocity window. Great 1:8" barrel blanks are everywhere now with the PRS stuff. Would make a neat all-NA non-dangerous game gun. Should have less recoil and as much whallop as a 7mm RM in a lighter gun. Barrel life would not be great though...

"So I am keeping my eyes and ears open for other bullets of heavy weight and with round nose points."

You might take a look at these. I've got some but have not even loaded any up yet.

Jerry

https://www.grafs.com/retail/catalog/product/productId/29102

Those Privi bullets are the ticket, I would trust them more than the Hornaday (based on Mule Deer and .458's experience not mine) and I am a Hornaday fan. Stock up on those and get the Woodleighs for special hunts.



I may give the 180 Woodleigh a try in the 270WSM just because. What I am looking for is to increase normal range knock down as it is really hard to track an animal in the south Tx. thorn brush. I have only shot a handful of Big Game animals over 400 yards out of around 200 plus total.

I just bought a box of Hornady 160gr Round Nose from MIDWAY USA. I would check with them and see if they still have some in stock.

That's an interesting bullet. Seems like stability would be questionable in cold low altitude climates, but in TX I guess it would be OK most of the year. If you could get a 1:9" .270WSM, everything would be peachy.

As far as getting an immediate stop, I'll be curious what your results are with that bullet. I've always figured if I wanted no tracking in close quarters, that's what my .45-90 is for. Maximum PBR with a 400-405gr soft is about 200y, but after that it falls off the map. The farthest anything's gone when hit was about 10y.