One is for large and dangerous game,..
Designed for killing African lions, used mainly
for the purpose of protecting livestock .
9,3x62 was created as an 'all round' performer.
Application depended on which primary pupose
the variety of German colonists required.
I'd say colonists employed it much more
regularly as a 'meat gun' than shooting
troublesome lions...so that could be a
private farmer just feeding his family,
up to large enterprise business, with
an army of mouths in their employ.
Thus I find it hard to believe that the desire/need
of colonists ranging from German West Africa,
and East Africa;.. Namibia, Burundi, Rwanda, Tanzania,
Cameroon, Togo land, Tanganyika, Ruanda-Urundi, etc. was primarily for a lion specific cartridge.
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WDM Bell told of one Sihk officer who used
7mm Mauser to collect bounty on 90 lions.
That tells me .270 win could accomplish the
same task.
Bell himself took a charging lion with 7mm
that his hunting partner could not close the
deal on with SxS .450,.. Bell also took another
lion with his. 256 bore Mannlicher.
When he hunted troublesome lions
for British Rail, he used .303 Cal.
