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6.5 Creedmor- the Holy Grail?
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<blockquote data-quote="Don A Parsons" data-source="post: 1532228" data-attributes="member: 97414"><p>Yes, the only thing missing in the Bell and Jack stories are the full depictions of what they stated later on in life.</p><p></p><p>Bell was not thrilled with the results of the small bore cartridges,,, it took him 1300+ rounds to harvest the first 800 elephants,,, all of them at close range in the soft spot,,, he called it the Bell shot.</p><p></p><p>All of us can thank Bell since he proved to most African Nations that small caliber cartridges are not practical tools for Harvesting dangerous game.</p><p></p><p>Let's look at Jack O'Connor.</p><p>Lots of people forget that Jack was a big bore shooter in Africa and in Canada,,, he was the backer of the 416 Rigby. and a few other cannons.</p><p>Defiantly the 30/06 when he came up here to hunt Moose in the North.</p><p></p><p>Funny how people like to share part of the stories, but forget to add the rest of it.</p><p></p><p>That's the nice thing about the WWW, all of us have access to read the full stories to decide what parts we choose to believe. LOL</p><p></p><p>That's why I own the best Granola rifle ever built,,, the worst shoulder angle,,, tappered case design,,, invented 113 years ago,,, its only harvested a few critters around the world,,, ain't the best of the best,,, not the worst either. Just enough to get by at close range harvests like Bell & Jack... We might not want to forget that long range hunting in those days was 35 to 140 yards,,, sometimes Jack would reach out there a bit past this for thin skin critters.</p><p></p><p>Not Bell, he was a close range eye to eye shooter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Don A Parsons, post: 1532228, member: 97414"] Yes, the only thing missing in the Bell and Jack stories are the full depictions of what they stated later on in life. Bell was not thrilled with the results of the small bore cartridges,,, it took him 1300+ rounds to harvest the first 800 elephants,,, all of them at close range in the soft spot,,, he called it the Bell shot. All of us can thank Bell since he proved to most African Nations that small caliber cartridges are not practical tools for Harvesting dangerous game. Let's look at Jack O'Connor. Lots of people forget that Jack was a big bore shooter in Africa and in Canada,,, he was the backer of the 416 Rigby. and a few other cannons. Defiantly the 30/06 when he came up here to hunt Moose in the North. Funny how people like to share part of the stories, but forget to add the rest of it. That's the nice thing about the WWW, all of us have access to read the full stories to decide what parts we choose to believe. LOL That's why I own the best Granola rifle ever built,,, the worst shoulder angle,,, tappered case design,,, invented 113 years ago,,, its only harvested a few critters around the world,,, ain't the best of the best,,, not the worst either. Just enough to get by at close range harvests like Bell & Jack... We might not want to forget that long range hunting in those days was 35 to 140 yards,,, sometimes Jack would reach out there a bit past this for thin skin critters. Not Bell, he was a close range eye to eye shooter. [/QUOTE]
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