Kynoch .303 Mark 6 - 215 grain ball

[Nigel]

To quote Karamojo Bell: "For the brain shot only bullets with an unbroken metal envelope (i.e. solids) should be employed; and those showing good weight, moderate velocity, with a blunt or round nosed point, are much better than the more modern high velocity sharp-pointed variety. They keep a truer course, and are not so liable to turn over as the latter." He used .303 rifles (Martini and Lee Metford) early in his career - shooting 200 elephants with the 215 grain .303 service load before switching to a 6.5x54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer using 159 grain round nose (300 elephants) before settling on .275 Rigby (7x57) with 173 grain round nose with which he shot the majority of his elephants for a grand total of 1,011. He did try a few other calibres but the above three accounted for the majority of his kills.
I must stress that he was a man of his time and now, in our time, I am not an advocate of shooting elephants for their ivory - the World has moved on.[COLOR="black"]

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