| rgp |
| (.333 member) |
| 19/11/05 06:40 AM |
Re: Is a 6.5x54mm adequate for Water Buffalo?
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In reply to:
Everyone has probably heard the stories of WDM (Karamojo) Bell and his shooting of numerous elephant with a .275 Rigby (7x57 mm) but he also reguarded his .256 (6.5x54 mm Mannlicher-Schoenauer) as his "buffalo" meat rifle. It was also used for elephant on occasion but he preferred the 7mm for this.
I actually found the desire to use the 6.5x54MS as historically "ironic" and interesting, considering Bell considered such a rifle a "buffalo rifle".
This is interesting. Does anyone know if he was using the 6.5 to shoot any cape buffalo he felt like shooting, or was he intentionally selecting younger/smaller animals for better tasting meat?
Richard