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Seems to me like the .50 BMG cartridge would be about ideal for loxodonta africana. Has anyone ever used this round for elephant?
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you me other than the fact its in a 30 plus pound rifle? no way in [bleep] i would tote that bastard around the bush for many, many miles on foot that is normally required to get a good elephant......also doubt there is an African government that would allow such a rifle in their country by a sportsman......most elephant shooting is done offhand at short ranges.....a 50BMG rifle really aint suited to that kind of work....
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I'd shoot an elephant in the ass with a 50BMG all day long.
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I believe it would have the energy to flatten an elephant at 1000+ yards!
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I'd shoot an elephant in the ass with a 50BMG all day long. An ass shooter is way worse than a scab shooter...
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you me other than the fact its in a 30 plus pound rifle? Nah, my M99 only weighs 26lbs with optics. Throw in a 20lb pelican case and you get wheels though If you could talk the local governments into it though, it could seriously take the dangerous out of the dangerous game. Imagine taking a heart & lung shot at 3 or 4 hundred yards... maybe you cant see that far over there though? Never been there, yet. Just using a bigger gun in the same game though, would likely reduce your height significantly. I can see getting squished while trying to go prone and implement the bipod to get an accurate shot off with that 26lb rifle.
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Wait for perfect shot presentation, and be damn sure Ray's got his letter from the governor.
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Dunno.. do know it works for whitetails....
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Seems to me like the .50 BMG cartridge would be about ideal for loxodonta africana. Has anyone ever used this round for elephant? .............The cartridge is certainly "MORE" than powerful enough. However, a 30 lb BMG rifle, would be a HUGE problem for mobility in the bush. Unless one is hunting from a stationary point, it serves no purpose for any practical hunting whatsoever. Unless you are godzilla, a 30 lb or so 50 BMG is NOT ideal for any hunting situation.
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The Cubans did in Angola and so did Idi Amin in Uganda. I think this would fall under the "duh" category. As to the photo, sure, just aim for the juncture of the hip and leg as elephants can't do the three lesusg thing then follow up with a finisher. Then again it's be stupid to shoot w/o first looking at the tusks, but then again given the nature of the whole thread, it's a fine line between the sublime and the ridiculous...toting that huge weapon around then setting up well I just think it would be unworkable. Or you could "set up" and wait for them to come to you then kill one. That would be killing and not hunting as one famous writer said, one hunts elephant with your feet, and merely kill them with your rifle. jorge
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I'd shoot an elephant in the ass with a 50BMG all day long. why don't you go where you are appreciated.....your a damned dickweed.... You've managed to ruin about 3 threads on the African forum.... maddog
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You've managed to ruin about 3 threads on the African forum....maddog Sweet! As if this one was going somewhere to start with.
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A wet-dream of sorts... Me, a .50 BMG, an elephant facing squarely away in an off limits Zimbabwe game preserve, and Ray backing me up with his trusty 505. I would be standing just a few yards from certain death about ready to prove to myself that I have what it takes to take the actions necessary to prove to myself that I am what I believe I am. I am not fearless.
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you me other than the fact its in a 30 plus pound rifle? Nah, my M99 only weighs 26lbs with optics. Throw in a 20lb pelican case and you get wheels though well chit in that case......you be my gun bearer and ill shoot the damn elephant......26 pounds? i hate toting a 10 pound rife around all day......there is a reason my go to gun is a Kimber Montana
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Man, that's an unsightly photo, but not nearly as much as this pillow-biting shooter of a bear. No photoshop required.
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Assuming you could get within range toting the silly useless thing, I doubt if it would be as effective as traditional elephant rifles in .45 and .50 caliber shooting 500 or 535 grain bullets at around 2200 fps. The pointed BMG bullets would tend to change direction when they struck bone. You don't kill an elephant by "hydrostatic shock," whatever that is, and ordinary .458 elephant rounds penetrate plenty deep enough to kill. As do .375s for that matter.
And incidentally, a fast second shot might be nice and you ain'ta gonna do that with no .50 BMG, especially if you have to swing the gun and snap shoot.
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