How to Kill an Elephant?

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If you are really going on safari in June, and dangerous game is on the menu, you are late in speaking with your PH/booking agent/outfitter. The .458Lott will do the job on Buff, Rhino, Hippo, Lion and Elephant. A .300wm or similar is plenty for Leopard and Croc. You'll need both solids and softs and must know where they shoot to point of aim. Start going to the range NOW!!! You will likely only shoot 5-10 rounds per session to start and may work up to 20 rounds in one sitting. Do not over do it and make yourself sore; that's how flinching begins. Wear a shooting pad at the bench, but you won't need it in the field. After some zero work from the bench, move to standing shooting sticks, as that is most likely how you will take your shots in Africa. Fill the magazine so you will identify any feeding, chambering extraction and ejection problems; do not load and shoot one round at a time. Get to the range at least once every two weeks beginning yesterday and once or twice per week the month prior to departure.

You may hunt on your own, without a PH, in many African countries. It is called a "self-guided" safari. I do not recommend that course of action unless you've hunted Africa extensively with a PH before attempting it however. Rifles may be rented from PH/outfitters, when arranged well in advance, and you may buy ammunition, again when pre-arranged. I do not recommend this be done either.

BTW, I've killed every animal mentioned in this post over the years and know something about African safari.
 
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If I was going to kill an elephant I think that would be a good excuse to get a .416 Rigby with a muzzle brake. Or if I just wanted to watch it strut its stuff I'd stand 100 yards behind Playboypenguin with a telephoto camera. :D
 
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