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FFlyGuy replied to the thread Accubonds/Partitions vs Scirocco/A-Frames.The 6.5PRC is designed for long pointy bullets, so feed the poor thing the correct diet. TTSX, LRX, Scirocco or Accubond. Clean the...
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FSorry my friend, I lube every case by hand (fingers actually) with Imperial Sizing Die Wax...
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FFlyGuy replied to the thread 7mm Rem Mag for Eland.Stick to the TSX
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F7MM Rem Mag is fine. Back in the 80's I used a 178gr Core-Lokt on a Livingston and a Cape Eland. So you should be fine. Both did not...
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FYou're fine with a 7mag. Shoot on the shoulder using a heavy controlled expansion bonded bullet
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FYou’re good to go. My wife took hers with one shot out of her .308 and it made a single step before dropping. A tough bullet and good...
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FMy son and I have both shot eland with 7MM RM using 168 grain Nosler Accubond Long Range bullets. Both were one shot kills and the...
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FYour 7mm Rem Mag with 160gr Barnes TSX is perfectly fine for a proper eland. Eland are big and tough think oversized elk on steroids...
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FYour choice will work.....use caution re shot placement and it will be smiling faces all-round. Most of my eland was taken with a 30-06...
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FFlyGuy replied to the thread 7mm Rem Mag for Eland.The OP never said where he plans to hunt his eland. If it’s more open terrain, you’re good to go as is. If it’s Bushveld, opt for the...
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FHunted plenty of eland with a 7x64 Brenneke using 162 gr Woodleigh PP or Hornady Interlocks and it's enough rifle for an eland even out...
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FI try not to “speculate”…. So, if I don’t have first hand experience, I try not to comment. A heart, heart lung, double lung with a...
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FHere’s what 7RM and Barnes TSX on Eland looks like:
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FI’ve shot 9 eland bulls. I’ve used 308, 300 win, 375 H&H. They aren’t that difficult to kill with a good shot, but I’d feel...
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F7 rem mag with that bullet an Eland would be deader than a buzzards dinner in 80 yards.
