Hello from Scotland~
I have been reading some articles about the great "Bell" Elephant hunter. In one he spoke of his love of short action, light weight bolt action rifles in what most would consider "small bore" 6.5 and 7mm !
Long solid bullets in both calibres proved very effective for Brain shooting pachyderms ! He favoured short actions for there speed of cycling the all important next round.
I do not know what if any restrictions are placed on present day elephant shooting regarding minimum calibres.And it not really relevant as i shall never be able to afford to hunt Elephants.
But following Bells formula if available in his "hay-day" a .308 loaded with Barnes 220 grain solid bullets would be just the ticket ???
Englander
I have been reading some articles about the great "Bell" Elephant hunter. In one he spoke of his love of short action, light weight bolt action rifles in what most would consider "small bore" 6.5 and 7mm !
Long solid bullets in both calibres proved very effective for Brain shooting pachyderms ! He favoured short actions for there speed of cycling the all important next round.
I do not know what if any restrictions are placed on present day elephant shooting regarding minimum calibres.And it not really relevant as i shall never be able to afford to hunt Elephants.
But following Bells formula if available in his "hay-day" a .308 loaded with Barnes 220 grain solid bullets would be just the ticket ???
Englander