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<blockquote data-quote="BallisticsGuy" data-source="post: 1569956" data-attributes="member: 96226"><p>Don't shoot an eland with 150gn class bullets. Get at least up into 200gns and honestly, I'd use more gun than a 300mag. My eland was only 1000lbs standing, an adolescent bull. I shot it in the chest @ ~300m with a .338WM sporting 225gn Interlocks at nearly 2800fps MV. It took the first shot in the chest and walked/trotted 2KM. We shot it 2 more times before it finally died. Not one of the bullets exited. The first bullet took off a wad of the top of the heart and poked both lungs and fractured one shoulder. The other 2 broke a rear thigh bone and cavitated the blood filled chest. You have no idea how far they can go with a mortal wound or how hard it is to track one for miles if you don't get an exit to make a blood trail.</p><p></p><p>You can't bring too much gun for Africa. An impala I shot in the chest with .300WSM with 180's managed to get up and make a good long run. It happens all the time. African animals don't just lay over and die like deer. You have to KILL them.</p><p></p><p>Me and a good friend with my eland.</p><p><img src="https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0919.jpg?w=600" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BallisticsGuy, post: 1569956, member: 96226"] Don't shoot an eland with 150gn class bullets. Get at least up into 200gns and honestly, I'd use more gun than a 300mag. My eland was only 1000lbs standing, an adolescent bull. I shot it in the chest @ ~300m with a .338WM sporting 225gn Interlocks at nearly 2800fps MV. It took the first shot in the chest and walked/trotted 2KM. We shot it 2 more times before it finally died. Not one of the bullets exited. The first bullet took off a wad of the top of the heart and poked both lungs and fractured one shoulder. The other 2 broke a rear thigh bone and cavitated the blood filled chest. You have no idea how far they can go with a mortal wound or how hard it is to track one for miles if you don't get an exit to make a blood trail. You can't bring too much gun for Africa. An impala I shot in the chest with .300WSM with 180's managed to get up and make a good long run. It happens all the time. African animals don't just lay over and die like deer. You have to KILL them. Me and a good friend with my eland. [IMG]https://ballisticxlr.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/img_0919.jpg?w=600[/IMG] [/QUOTE]
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