Let's see, turns out mule deer are not bullet proof, nor wild bore, nor cow elk, nor bull elk, nor moose, nor brown bears, nor walrus, nor mt. goats, so now that we have multiple of those being documented as taken with a 223 it is the nilgai that are mythical beast with hide as tough as dragon scales that make elephants look like thin skinned wimps.
I mean, elephants really aren't much, Bell took about 800 of them with a 7x57mm and said shot placement with it was not more important than when he wired the triggers of his double barrel .400 together (for 800 grs of lead pushed by 120 grs of cordite). Before anyone brings up brain shots, the 7x57 has taken elephants with single rounds to the boiler room too.
The progression to needing ever more mythical creatures is fascinating. I wonder what will come up after nilgai, I'm sure it will be something rarer and with fewer people who hunt them to make the myth last longer.
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I mean, elephants really aren't much, Bell took about 800 of them with a 7x57mm and said shot placement with it was not more important than when he wired the triggers of his double barrel .400 together (for 800 grs of lead pushed by 120 grs of cordite). Before anyone brings up brain shots, the 7x57 has taken elephants with single rounds to the boiler room too.
The progression to needing ever more mythical creatures is fascinating. I wonder what will come up after nilgai, I'm sure it will be something rarer and with fewer people who hunt them to make the myth last longer.
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“Karamojo” Bell on Rifles: In His Own Words
Every time the question of what rifle springs up, someone’s bound to say it: Karamojo Bell killed a thousand elephants with an .256. Did he really?
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