You know, come to think of it I've never read of anybody killing an elephant with a 6.5x55. The 6.5x54 Mannlicher, yes, but not the 6.5x55....

Karamojo Bell used the 6.5x54 until he realized the 160-grain full-patch military bullets weren't all that reliable. Then he switched to the 7x57, and we all know how that went. But few realize he eventually went to a .318 WR when big bulls got scarcer and spookier, because the 7mm bullets didn't penetrate at bad angles as well as a 250-grain .318.


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