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.
Sure John, but how about "better choices" and a 270 isn't it. Or for lion. Pondoro Taylor took a lot of elephant with the 7X57 too. Hell, why even have any caliber above it then?
And I'll stick with my original statement, I don't think it's that outrageous: "Even with modern bullets, a 270 on a one ton eland is questionable at fifty yards and downright stupid at 400. And regarding the taking of a lion with one, that too, is rather foolhardy."
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