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What is Woodleigh jacket material made of? Seems there are two types or something, a regular and a extra-hard jacket?
Years ago the Woodleigh 458 350gr SNRN had been suggested to me as a good candidate for the black powder express. I got a box, tried them, and I was immediately struck with how hard they were. I sectioned one and compared the jacket and core hardness to the Hornady of similar weight and design. The W bullet was much harder than the H bullet.
Following up I later learned that there was a 350 SNRN designed for BPE loads and there was a 350 SNRN designed for the 458 Winchester loads. I never ended up sourcing any of the softer W bullets for comparison, as the H bullet is cheap and easy to get here in North America.
There might be other examples of the W softs where "some are softer than others"...
That's pretty interesting.
So there is something to it.
"Use Woodleighs" might be the wrong advice. Maybe "Use the right Woodleighs" is better.
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