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Old January 3, 2022, 08:43 PM   #12
jackstrawIII
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Bell was famous for taking over a thousand elephants in his career and doing so with rifles as light as 6.5mm Manlicher, 7x57 Mauser, .303 British, and the .318 Wesley Richards (a near copy of the 8mm Mauser), along with some other rifles.

What is not well explained in his legend these days (but is in his own writings) is that he most often hunted elephants that were unfamiliar with guns and had no real concern about men. So he was able to get close and shoot with surgical precision (and he was a good shot and well versed in elephant anatomy).

That situation has not been the case for about a century. Also note that while Bell is famous in hunting lore, there is little to no mention of others who tried to do the same things Bell did, and never came back from safari.
Exactly. Just because someone did it (albeit very well and many times) 100 years ago, doesn't mean it applies to today.

Did enjoy reading about it in his book tho... very entertaining!
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