Pete Wass
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just before I headed home. The Palm Coast library got a loan of a copy, printed in 1911,, from California some place. I thought it interesting, what he had to say about rifles. He did not like large bores or double rifles. His two favorites for killing elephants were the 7 MM Mauser, shooting German loaded 200g solids @ 2300FPS. Said he could kill any elephant he ever encountered with it. His second favorite was the 6.5 Mauser with corresponding weight bullets, also for smaller game. Both rifles weighed about 7 LBS. He said something to the effect that if one relied on "Shock" to kill elephants, one would need a Field Gun to do so. Rough way to live, I called it. It was a good and easy read. He also had disparaging things to say about ammo loaded in the UK. I was surprised to see that but he did call spades spades.
I have favored 7 MM rifles over the years myself. Always had great luck killing deer with them, my favorite being the 284 Win but I have carried 280 Rem's for the past decade or more. Not much difference between them that I could ever see.
Pete
I have favored 7 MM rifles over the years myself. Always had great luck killing deer with them, my favorite being the 284 Win but I have carried 280 Rem's for the past decade or more. Not much difference between them that I could ever see.
Pete
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