mauserand9mm
(.400 member)
26/01/11 07:10 PM
Re: 458WM is very versatile

For the 400gn Woodleigh PP, the pig was 45m away. I haven't measured the muzzle velocity but the loading data says it should be doing around 2300 to 2350 fps (I use ADI AR2207).

It was certainly devastating to use on pigs and probably too hard a projectile for this size game. The one shot actually killed two pigs - a pig behind this one was hit by the same bullet (but not very well). I didn't realise that I'd shot two until I had finished taking photos and spotted the second pig in the grass on the otherside of the road (it was dead) as I headed back to the car.

The pig in the photo was hit in the shoulder and the bullet exited just in front of the off-side shoulder, without touching it and leaving it cleanly exposed. The throat area was completely gone and the exit wound was large (size of an open hand). The bullet then entered at the low rear of the lung area of the second pig and exited low at the back of the abdominal area (guts?) on the other side and blew the rear leg off below the hip (the skin held it to the pig).

Judging by the entry hole in the second pig, the projectile hadn't expanded and I'm not sure it had even after exiting the second pig.

While within the velocity range recommended by Woodleigh for this projectile, I think the game was too small - maybe they would have opened up in a larger pig?



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