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    HUNTING Elephant

    Hunting Elephants Today You can shoot elephants behind the forelegs with an AK47 ( 7,65x39 ), also the .303 is used by poachers. But that is not ethical hunting. You can shoot like Bell with the 7x57, 173 gr at 2350 f/s if you are experienced like Bell to find the right spot for a side brain...
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    Hunting Elephants Today

    Hunting Elephants Today You can shoot elephants behind the forelegs with an AK47 ( 7,65x39 ), also the .303 is used by poachers. But that is not ethical hunting. You can shoot like Bell with the 7x57, 173 gr at 2350 f/s if you are experienced like Bell to find the right spot for a side brain...
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    Hunting Elephants Today

    Hunting Elephants Today You can shoot elephants behind the forelegs with an AK47 ( 7,65x39 ), also the .303 is used by poachers. But that is not ethical hunting. You can shoot like Bell with the 7x57, 173 gr at 2350 f/s if you are experienced like Bell to find the right spot for a side brain...
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    Elephant Shot Placement & The SuperPenetrator

    Elephant Shot Placement & The SuperPenetrator In the season 2001/2002 I tested the SuperPenetrator on hunting elephant cows and this was simultaneously a lesson on shot placement. The SuperPenetrator, optimized for elephant head shots, performed extremely effective. The tissue pressed out the...
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    Elephant Shot Placement & The SuperPenetrator

    Elephant Shot Placement & The SuperPenetrator In the season 2001/2002 I tested the SuperPenetrator on hunting elephant cows and this was simultaneously a lesson on shot placement. The SuperPenetrator, optimized for elephant head shots, performed extremely effective. The tissue pressed out the...
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    Penetration Index & Energy

    Penetration Index & Energy See A.B.Alphin, Any Shot You Want, On Target Press 1996 About Penetration Index The penetration index is calculated by dividing kinetic energy with the frontal area of the bullet and multiplying the result by the sectional density, as described by A. Alphin. If...
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    Penetration Index & Energy

    Penetration Index & Energy See A.B.Alphin, Any Shot You Want, On Target Press 1996 About Penetration Index The penetration index is calculated by dividing kinetic energy with the frontal area of the bullet and multiplying the result by the sectional density, as described by A. Alphin...
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    Monolithic Solids Or Monometal Bullets

    Monolithic Solids or Monometal Bullets Decades ago, when the terminal velocities of modern cartridges became faster and more hunters went to Africa for big game hunting, reports on failure of the copper cladded, lead core FMJ bullets became evident (bending, breaking up, fishtailing). That...
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    Monolithic Solids or Monometal Bullets

    Monolithic Solids or Monometal Bullets Decades ago, when the terminal velocities of modern cartridges became faster and more hunters went to Africa for big game hunting, reports on failure of the copper cladded, lead core FMJ bullets became evident (bending, breaking up, fishtailing). That...
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    More Stable Penetration With A New Solid Bullet

    More Stable Penetration With A New Solid Bullet The SuperPenetrator, penetration of solids, do solids tumble in tissue? Why do solids (nondeforming bullets) penetrate animal tissue and most artificial targets straight to a sufficient extent? In literature we find, following the results of...
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    More Stable Penetration With A New Solid Bullet

    More Stable Penetration With A New Solid Bullet The SuperPenetrator, penetration of solids, do solids tumble in tissue? Why do solids (nondeforming bullets) penetrate animal tissue and most artificial targets straight to a sufficient extent? In literature we find, following the results of...
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    The Cartridge .458 Lott or .450 Watts and .450 Ackley Magnum

    The Cartridge .458 Lott or .450 Watts and .450 Ackley Magnum This cartridge is a very good compromise between killing power, usability and availability of rifles and components. Its is a perfect cartridge for hunting all species in Africa from elephant to plains game as small as duiker. For...
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    The Cartridge .458 Lott Or .450 Watts & .450 Ackley Magnum

    The Cartridge .458 Lott or .450 Watts and .450 Ackley Magnum This cartridge is a very good compromise between killing power, usability and availability of rifles and components. Its is a perfect cartridge for hunting all species in Africa from elephant to plains game as small as duiker. For...
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    How Many Rifles To Carry On Safari?

    How Many Rifles To Carry On Safari? Stalking today in Africa, it is advantageous to carry only one rifle, but be prepared to shoot different animals from very small antelopes to buffalo or even elephant. Two rifles for the purpose of having a back-up if something broke is crazy. The...
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    How Many Rifles To Carry On Safari?

    How Many Rifles To Carry On Safari? Stalking today in Africa, it is advantageous to carry only one rifle, but be prepared to shoot different animals from very small antelopes to buffalo or even elephant. Two rifles for the purpose of having a back-up if something broke is crazy. The...
 
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