A friend of mine who knew O'Connor pretty well asked him what his favorite cartridges were. <br> <br>"The .30-06, the .270, the .375, and the .416. Now you're going to ask me 'In what order?' In that order." <br> <br>When O'Connor hunted the biggest American game, he preferred the .375 H&H. For the big African critters, he preferred the .416 Rigby. The .270 was his sheep rifle, and he used it also on other game that he encountered while hunting sheep. <br> <br>Elmer also used rifles chambered for small-caliber cartridges with light, fast bullets, for smaller game and varmints. And he wanted any big animal that he shot to drop at the hit or very shortly thereafter. He didn't maintain that the lighter cartridges wouldn't kill -- just that they didn't kill as promptly as he demanded. He deplored the tendency of so many hunters to be satisfied with any cartridge that killed animals marginally enough to let 'em suffer lingering deaths.
"Good enough" isn't.
Always take your responsibilities seriously but never yourself.
