I take it your uncle survived and the lion didn't? I know a guy who's taken a dozen lions with the .270, all with the 150-grain Partition.
Now we're gone from "questionable" and "stupid" on eland with the .270, to "not optimum." That may be true, but this thread could go on for many pages on what's "optimum" for eland.
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