GUNS Magazine August 1962

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A ROUNDUP OF 7 MM CALIBERS
(Continued from page 25)
all manner of game!"
Bell goes on: "The deadliest and most
humane method of killing the African elephant
is the shot in the brain ... again the
smallest bore rifles with cartridges of modern
military description such as the .256, the .275
and the .303 are quite sufficiently powerful
for this shot. The advantages of these I need
hardly enumerate, such as handiness, lightness,
and freedom from recoil. For the brain
shot, only bullets with an unbroken jacket,
i.e. solids, should be employed and those
showing good weight, moderate velocity and
with a blunt or round-nose are much better
than the modern high-velocity sharp-pointed
variety. The former keep a truer course and
are not so liable to turn over."
This professional, one of the greatest
huntsmen who ever lived, killer of more than
1100 pachyderms, must be listened to carefully
and his opinions given weight. He
favored the 7 mm, so it must have a lot on
the ball!
The .275; so esteemed by the remarkable
Bell, is 'not the garden variety 7 mm. It is
an English version which \ltilizes a short
magnum case. It is a shell with a belted
head and quite a sharp slope at the caseshoulder.
It is a development of Holland &
Holland, and has been around since the turn
of the century. Despite its antiquity, it still
looks surprisingly modern. It was loaded by
the Western cartridge company for a number
of years, but enjoyed such scant popu-
larity that it was ultimately dropped from
the line. MyoId man, Maj. Charles Askins,
in collaboration with gunsmaker, John Dubiel,
made up a wildcat, the .276 Dubiel, on
this case. Like the original, it never went
over very big.
The .275 H&H Magnum is still loaded in
England and rifles are still in production by
Holland & Holland. I have seen two of
these guns in Africa in the hands of white
hunters. The cartridge is looked upon as an
excellent meat-in-the-pot number, good on
any of the antelope. The current round
drives a 160 grain bullet at 2700 fps. These
are ordinary ballistics, indeed, in these days
of jet-goosed super loads.
In the 7 mm category, there was another
which antedated the .275. This was the.280
Ross. It was used by the Canadians during
WW I, and while the rifle was on the weak
side-it was a bolt gun but a straight-pullthe
cartridge was a real whingding. It drove
a 145 grain slug at almost 3100 fps which
in its day, some 52 years ago, was really
sumpin!
As a matter of fact, the cartridge was
away ahead of the bullet. The manufacturers
in those bygone days did not know how to
make a bullet which would hold together
under velocities such as these. The jackets
were too thin, and the Ross would sometimes
blow up on the surface of tough.
skinned game.
The original 7 mm has been around much
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36 GUNS AUGUST 1962