Thread: Karamojo Bell article

Yes I have.

No, Bell didn't have a gun bearer 'ready with a heavy double". I am not sure where you got that from. You should read his books. Neither did Arthur Nueman for example, who used a .303.

Hunting was business for all of these guys, they were shooting for ivory. There were a great many people who shot elephant with .303, the 6.5x54, 7x57, .318 WR and so on. And more recently the cullers using the 7.62 NATO. All with solid military FMJ ammo. (The .303 load they used was the old round nose 215 grain solid, from the Boer War era.)
But think about it, there is not much difference between a .450 caliber 500 grain bullet and a 173 grain .284 caliber bullet when you compare it to a seven ton elephant. The only thing that is going to shock an elephant or 'stop' it in a charge is a howitzer, or a bullet of any size that penetrates his brain or breaks his spine.
But this is an argument that has been going on for a hundred years.

Don't get me wrong though, I would love to have an old school double 450/500.