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bonanza
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Midway USA woodleigh 6.5mm are here!
      #115872 - 30/09/08 03:42 AM

They have the 140 and 160 grain protected point.

Probably other calibers.

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Re: Midway USA woodleigh 6.5mm are here! [Re: bonanza]
      #115897 - 30/09/08 10:54 AM

I wonder how many of these Woodleigh 6.5 slugs they'll sell.

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Re: Midway USA woodleigh 6.5mm are here! [Re: 9.3x57]
      #115901 - 30/09/08 11:32 AM

What is the diameter? .264 or .268?
I have three 6.5's. 6.5X52 carcano, 6.5X53R Mannlicher, 6.5X55 Swedish.

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Re: Midway USA woodleigh 6.5mm are here! [Re: 88MauSporter]
      #115975 - 30/09/08 11:07 PM

88:

Not sure about the Woodleighs. Hornady offers both .264 and .268 160's.

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Re: Midway USA woodleigh 6.5mm are here! [Re: 9.3x57]
      #115980 - 30/09/08 11:23 PM

So, call me crazy---but what do these offer you can't get with a A-Frame or Partition??

Ripp

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Re: Midway USA woodleigh 6.5mm are here! [Re: Ripp]
      #115983 - 30/09/08 11:40 PM

160 grain bonded bullet.

The hornady is not bonded.

I only hunt with bonded bullets, and typically the heavier(est) in caliber.

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Re: Midway USA woodleigh 6.5mm are here! [Re: bonanza]
      #115984 - 30/09/08 11:56 PM

The Swift A-Frame is bonded and available in heavy weights. Mine performed very well. I love 'em.

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Re: Midway USA woodleigh 6.5mm are here! [Re: bigmaxx]
      #115987 - 01/10/08 12:27 AM

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The Swift A-Frame is bonded and available in heavy weights. Mine performed very well. I love 'em.





As is the scirroco...and yes--use them both---no complaints..

Ripp

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Re: Midway USA woodleigh 6.5mm are here! [Re: Ripp]
      #115991 - 01/10/08 02:04 AM

I only have 6.5 experience in the x55 Swede.

The Hornady .264 160 has done well for me in the 6.5 Swede on deer, but it tends to come apart somewhat as demonstrated in my test media. I would not use it in a .264 Win for example. I consider it an excellent deer bullet in the slower 6.5's up to Swede, and may be the best there is in 6.5 Jap, 6.5x53 and 6.5x54? If the Carcano .268 bullet performs similarly I'd expect it to do very well in that caliber.

I've had excellent results with the bulk Remington 140 on a couple elk and the 140 Prvi Partizan is cheap and kills deer like lightning. At Swede velocities the Remington holds together quite well.

Noslers penetrate deeper in my test media. I have not shot any of the Swifts or Woodleighs. Would make for an interesting test.

Cup-pointed, the 140 Prvi is explosive on ground squirrels!

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Re: Midway USA woodleigh 6.5mm are here! [Re: 9.3x57]
      #117252 - 20/10/08 03:23 AM

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I only have 6.5 experience in the x55 Swede.

The Hornady .264 160 has done well for me in the 6.5 Swede on deer, but it tends to come apart somewhat as demonstrated in my test media. I would not use it in a .264 Win for example. I consider it an excellent deer bullet in the slower 6.5's up to Swede, and may be the best there is in 6.5 Jap, 6.5x53 and 6.5x54? If the Carcano .268 bullet performs similarly I'd expect it to do very well in that caliber.



As you may be aware (Dave Emary from Hornady has admitted it several times, and it has also been published widely), the decision to use the .268" size (larger than the Italian military bullet diameter) was not a wise one and has given rise to *severe* safety problems for some reloaders. Only a very limited number of load combinations is safe with this bullet diameter, while Hornady warns against all others, citing severe overpressure issues.
The reason is that Hornady had initially underestimated what the Italians (and the Germans with their M/88 cartridge) already knew 115 years ago: the effect of obturation with long, heavy bullets, and the phenomenon of the bullet invariably "setting up" in the bore.

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Re: Midway USA woodleigh 6.5mm are here! [Re: Carcano]
      #117258 - 20/10/08 04:24 AM

I have tried the Hornady 6.5 (.268) ammunition in two Carcanos. A Carbine and a short rifle. The Little carbine ( folding bayonet) shoots to the sights well and groups very well. the other shoots erratic. I have not signs of pressure. i have not used it hand loading. I have some other custom made .266 diameter spires that I have tried, but not with these rifles. The short rifle I have tumbles with Privi, Norma and any .264 load I have tried. The Privi ammon in my rifles show much in the way of pressure sign.

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Re: Midway USA woodleigh 6.5mm are here! [Re: Ripp]
      #117280 - 20/10/08 02:01 PM

Ripp,they are made in Australia by Aussies for Aussies and north American hunters.
What more could you ask for.
Al

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