I have used the 450-400 on one elephant and it worked just fine as does the 404 Jefferys which I have used and seen used many times and its about the same balistically.
If I intended to hunt bull Elephant all the time or more than a couple of times I would opt for a 500 N.E. it just makes since.
I mostly hunt buffalo, its my passion, and the 450-400 is perfect for them and all other DG IMO...
At the price of elephants and the fact that the companies I book for no longer seem to offer free big bull elephants to their booking agents like they used too, I suspect I will no longer hunt them unless I run across a hundred pounder and have a license available and that is very unlikely to happen, so I sold my fine old .470 and purchased a Searcy Classic in 450-400-3".
Finally, I am not much of an elephant hunter, Hemmingway or Ruark summed it up for me, "an elephant is an awesome amount of death"...
Last edited by atkinson; 12/01/07.
