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Ndumo
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Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?
25/01/06 10:51 PM

as far as I know, the last culling in SA was done by darting from chopper, (normally Scoline in dart, which can and will kill elephant anyway, due to paralizing breathing, thus suffocation). The downed elephant is thenfinished off in the head, mostly with .308 FN rifles 9military hardball, or loaded monometal solids), sometimes with .375 or .458Win.
But, the way I understand 500grs question: for old time culling, where one walked into a herd and shot as many as possible, I would opt for a normal .458 Win on a Mauser type action. I would like ammo loaded with 450gr monometal solids @ 2150ft/sec. The recoil is very low, so a lot of shots can be fired, without having blurred vision. Also, a bullet as mentioned will penetrate deep enough on all elephant sizes, and will have enough frontal diameter if the S%@$t hits the fan to be considered a stopper.

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Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	500grains	24/01/06 03:22 PM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	NitroX	24/01/06 07:08 PM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	bulldog563	25/01/06 08:19 AM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	SAHUNT	25/01/06 08:29 AM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	Ndumo	25/01/06 10:51 PM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	NitroX	14/02/15 05:41 PM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	NitroX	25/03/16 10:42 PM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	Ripp	25/03/16 10:49 PM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	larcher	26/03/16 03:17 AM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	NitroX	03/04/16 10:09 PM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	Rule303	04/04/16 09:00 AM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	JabaliHunter	07/04/16 11:24 PM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	Rule303	08/04/16 01:25 PM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	NitroX	09/04/16 11:01 PM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	JabaliHunter	09/04/16 01:08 AM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	Rule303	09/04/16 09:16 AM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	JabaliHunter	07/04/16 11:08 PM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	JabaliHunter	10/04/16 09:52 PM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	larcher	08/04/16 02:33 AM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	larcher	05/04/16 07:51 AM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	Wayne59	05/04/16 08:48 AM
Re: Elephant culling - what caliber is best?	larcher	06/04/16 04:50 AM
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