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JabaliHunter
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Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?
16/04/08 08:32 PM

I couldn't find any reference to the .303 in "Maneaters of Kumaon", but maybe in one of the other books? Corbett appears to have used a ".500 modified cordite rifle", a DR .450/.400 and a .275.

J.H. Patterson used a .303 extensively in "The Man-Eaters of Tsavo and Other East African Adventures". He comments on its lack of knock-down power on lions, but I'm not sure that you would reasonable expect it to (!), especially with what were probably unsuitable bullets. Nevertheless he is usually at pains to defend the cartridge and at the end of the book suggests that "the battery, to be sufficient for all needs, should consist of a .450 express, a .303 sporting rifle, and a 12-bore shot gun".

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.303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	25/03/08 01:33 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	Ripp	31/03/08 12:32 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	Grenadier	31/03/08 09:18 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	16/04/08 12:23 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	DarylS	16/04/08 12:54 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	9.3x57	16/04/08 12:47 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	Nakihunter	16/04/08 01:12 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	Anonymous	16/04/08 02:05 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	Mike_Bailey	16/04/08 12:53 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	bonanza	25/03/08 09:30 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	26/03/08 05:03 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	88MauSporter	25/03/08 10:31 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	26/03/08 05:02 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	9.3x57	25/03/08 11:37 AM
More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	JabaliHunter	15/04/08 10:39 PM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	JabaliHunter	06/06/08 01:40 AM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	oupa	07/06/08 06:15 AM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	JabaliHunter	07/06/08 07:53 AM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	tophet1	07/06/08 11:30 AM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	oupa	14/06/08 01:23 AM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	DarylS	14/06/08 09:59 PM
Re: More .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	shinz	07/07/08 11:26 AM
.303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	JabaliHunter	15/04/08 10:35 PM
Re: .303 British bullet tests courtesy of 9ThreeXFifty7	iqbal	15/04/08 11:30 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	16/04/08 08:32 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	9.3x57	17/04/08 12:47 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	Plains99	17/04/08 06:57 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	weedypigeon	17/04/08 02:12 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	26/03/08 04:51 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	CowboyCS	25/03/08 11:18 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	ALAN_MCKENZIE	25/03/08 11:38 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	NitroX	26/03/08 01:01 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	9.3x57	26/03/08 02:57 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	26/03/08 04:59 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	9.3x57	25/03/08 02:13 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	25/03/08 03:22 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	DarylS	25/03/08 03:59 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	25/03/08 04:24 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	DarylS	25/03/08 12:17 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	JabaliHunter	26/03/08 05:00 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	moltogordo	06/07/08 02:25 PM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	DarylS	26/03/08 08:20 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	dnovo	26/03/08 09:16 AM
Re: .303 British as a hunting calibre?	9.3x57	26/03/08 10:40 AM

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