OK, elephant truck gun time...
- Thread starter Dosing
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I've got a 700 long action here with a magnum bolt face, I've always wanted a .416 Taylor but staring that down I'd probably wish for something with a little more smoke behind it. Although, I've not heard of a lack of penetration from 400gr solids so it might be enough.
I've also got a BAR sitting here. I know there are 9.3x62 versions out there, I still need to ask Browning if the conversion is doable on my .270 - rapid-fire 286gr solids would also do the trick. Maybe that one as backup!
I've also got a BAR sitting here. I know there are 9.3x62 versions out there, I still need to ask Browning if the conversion is doable on my .270 - rapid-fire 286gr solids would also do the trick. Maybe that one as backup!
- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
W.D.M Bell used the 6.5 MS for a number of elephant, but switched up to the 7x57 Mauser for most of his work on the buggers. His method was a shot to the basal junction from the rear of 'em from an elevated stand or on the shoulders of a helper during a stalk in the tall grasses.
As fer the dumb bums in the tour truck.... April fool suckers!
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contaucreek
CGN Regular
- Location
- Methropolitan Haliburton Ont
My 450 Nitro right between his blinkers.
77gr TMKs will git er done.
Hard to carry most 50 bmg's. I have a 475 Ackley Magnum that should work though. - dan
- Location
- Saskatchewan
When we were touring Hwange national park in Zimbabwe last March, I wanted to spend some time viewing elephants and observing their behaviour before my hunt south of the park the next week. Our park rangers were armed, in fact they are not allowed to take tourists out unless they have an elephant-capable rifle, magazine loaded, within arms reach at all times. Our guide packed a CZ550 in .458 Lott. It was in a case on the dash of the truck. We got too close to one young bull, well he actually came up to us. Almost touching the grill of the truck is too close. We also had lion stroll by at three or four meters, very disconcerting since there is no doors on those vehicles. Good thing the lion pride had killed a kudu a couple hours previously between the cook shack and the office, and were well fed. Our guide also escorted us from the cook shack to our sleeping tent each night, always with a rifle in hand.
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Looked at a 1948 600 nitro double barrel on Gun broker other day for $55,000, forget the make but it was British and had a gold elephant engraved on breech...Hunter 10, elephant definitely 0. Be an amazing gun to have to have, even just to hang it on the wall for gun ####.
It really would. Big doubles are their own form of heroin. - dan
Yellowstone buffalo or African elephant, all the same.
Driving towards and crowding him wasn't exactly bright, he was obviously pissed.
Good lord. Could you imagine being the poor sap that needs to hold a guy on his shoulders steady enough to take a well aimed shot, and then make sure he doesn't drop the guy due to recoil? lol
- Location
- Saskatchewan
There is quite a difference between being parked with binoculars and having a dangerous animal walk up to your vehicle as opposed to driving up to a dangerous animal with close pictures as a goal. We always kept our distance whenever possible. Many tour drivers aren't as careful.
