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darkgael · March 3, 2013, 07:51 AM

Just to add another note to this fine old thread. Ammo for elk. Everything seems to have shifted towards the heavier and higher powered cartridges. The distances at which game is "hunted" seems to have grown too. Understandable.

The gun writer/hunter/ guide Ross Seyfried once used a single shot rifle chambered for the .455 Webley pistol cartridge to hunt and kill an elk. It required quite a bit of stalking and, in any case, was a bit of a stunt but it does go to show what a careful and determined hunter can do with less than super equipment.
Pete

PS - the article is in a issue of "The Double Gun and Single Shot Journal". I'd have to look up which issue.

March 3, 2013, 07:51 AM	#17
darkgael Senior Member Join Date: February 9, 2006 Location: Homes in Brooklyn, NY and in Pennsylvania. Posts: 5,473	Note Just to add another note to this fine old thread. Ammo for elk. Everything seems to have shifted towards the heavier and higher powered cartridges. The distances at which game is "hunted" seems to have grown too. Understandable. The gun writer/hunter/ guide Ross Seyfried once used a single shot rifle chambered for the .455 Webley pistol cartridge to hunt and kill an elk. It required quite a bit of stalking and, in any case, was a bit of a stunt but it does go to show what a careful and determined hunter can do with less than super equipment. Pete PS - the article is in a issue of "The Double Gun and Single Shot Journal". I'd have to look up which issue. __________________ “Auto racing, bull fighting, and mountain climbing are the only real sports ... all others are games.” Ernest Hemingway ... NRA Life Member