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Re: Elephants killed by rimfire???
      15/08/07 11:13 AM

There is a story about Bell doing this--If I remember correctly the "Sweet Spot" was directly behind the front leg as the animal would be turning--you had to time your shot precisly and enter the loose skin between the body and leg--at which point the bullet had enough energy to hit the heart..

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