The reason for the lesser velocity of the Woodleigh solid in the penetration test most likely was that round nose solids penetrate bone and oak a lot better than flat nose solids... The flat point creates a lot more resistance and a 6 inch of oak wood is a tough barrier... At similar velocity the Woodleigh was most probably better.... The flat nose gives advantage only in flesh / ballistic gellatine... The oak decelerated down the Barnes solid that much that even the flat nose could not help him outpenetrate the woodleigh in gelletine so they lunched the woodleigh at lesser velocity...

PS. Is that recovered Barnes solid in the photo slightly flattened at the tip? Or is it just my eyes? They gave a deformated bullet for the ad

I wonder is this through oversight or their solids always deform...