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Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "
26/12/07 07:02 PM

I never see all the controversy in using different sorts of calibres and or rifles on a safari.

Use what you want, if it is legal and if the outfitter and PH is willing. But live with the consequences.

Often guys with a lot of experience want to try something different. They want to prove something to themselves or to others and do it differently. Hopefully they understand the limitations of what they might be planning to do.

I don't understand though why some people insist that others agree with their often marginal choices. People should make their own decisions but not necessarily expect others to agree with them. These ".45/70" debates are often phrased in that way, as an "ideal" or "the way to go". I know a .45/70 will kill a cape buffalo OK if shot with an appropriate bullet and the right bullet placement. A hunter I shared a camp in the Matersi with tried penetration tests on an elephant skull when I was there and he at least thought the penetration was acceptable to try it on a live ele one day. I hope he got his chance.

But a lot of it is still "stunt" hunting. How many would do the same, hunt ele or buffalo etc with a bow, a BP rifle, a .45/70 if not backed up by a PH with a "real" rifle and calibre.

Food for thought.

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"45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	hoppdoc	16/12/07 05:39 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	Ripp	16/12/07 05:45 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	9.3x57	16/12/07 10:14 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	hoppdoc	18/12/07 11:08 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	9.3x57	18/12/07 01:10 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	DarylS	19/12/07 02:06 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	Sarg	19/12/07 08:28 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	9.3x57	19/12/07 12:31 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	Sarg	19/12/07 02:41 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	hoppdoc	19/12/07 02:55 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	allenday	21/12/07 09:55 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	9.3x57	22/12/07 01:25 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	allenday	22/12/07 03:49 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	9.3x57	22/12/07 04:34 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	rigbymauser	27/12/07 02:11 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	hoppdoc	22/12/07 10:29 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	DarylS	23/12/07 01:19 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	buckbrush	24/12/07 04:53 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	DarylS	25/12/07 04:15 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	451whitworth	25/12/07 12:09 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	DarylS	26/12/07 02:50 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	NitroX	26/12/07 07:02 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	9.3x57	27/12/07 01:13 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	DarylS	27/12/07 03:00 AM
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Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	451whitworth	27/12/07 12:45 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	NitroX	27/12/07 02:38 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	peter	27/12/07 04:52 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	Ripp	27/12/07 02:17 AM
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Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	9.3x57	23/12/07 01:01 AM
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Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	Sarg	23/12/07 09:06 AM
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Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	DarylS	22/12/07 12:51 AM
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Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	DarylS	20/12/07 03:41 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	9.3x57	21/12/07 01:00 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	9.3x57	20/12/07 02:03 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	Sarg	20/12/07 03:53 PM
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Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	xring	22/01/08 11:54 AM
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Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	JabaliHunter	23/01/08 10:44 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	hoppdoc	24/01/08 12:23 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	JabaliHunter	24/01/08 02:50 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	500grains	24/01/08 03:53 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	Sarg	24/01/08 09:32 AM
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Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	hoppdoc	24/01/08 08:00 PM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	DarylS	25/01/08 04:19 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	hoppdoc	25/01/08 10:04 AM
Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	DarylS	04/02/08 08:06 AM
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Re: "45-70 is the way to go from Ele to T Rex "	9.3x57	18/12/07 12:12 AM
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