GUNS Magazine March 1958

little pill square in the center of the neck,
but the 87 grain bullet blew up. Part of it
came back out the brisket; I saw another
fragment kick up dust between her front
feet; part of the bullet went back into the
chest and broke two ribs after it blew up on
the neck bone. The cow dropped, but was
up again instantly. I then shot her broadside
through the neck. Again she dropped, but
I had missed the spine. After each shot, I
walked up about 20 yards and, when she
jumped up again at 20 yards and whirled
to run, I chucked the rifle and pulled my
old sixgun. Using both hands, I planted a
slug just back of her right ear that went on
through the brain and did the job.
That, and two coyotes I lost shot through
the body, was enough for me. In comparison,
the little 6.5 Mannlicher with its long 160
grain slug at 2000 feet or less velocity,
killed well for me, on deer, elk, and bear.
Next, I tried the .280 Ross with its old
143 grain copper tube bullet. It was dynamite -
on deer and coyotes and all similar size
game if it hit almost any place in the body,
but on elk it would kill when the chest was
hit but failed miserably when a raking shot .
was taken. It simply blew up in the paunch
or hams. One grizzly I saw shot with it, took
one in the left shoulder. It broke the shoulder
but did not go on into the chest cavity, and
he was one mad (Continued on page 44)
Record bison bull (above) was killed by
Keith with big .45-120-566 Sharps shown.
Huge Colorado elk (left) was taken by
H. B. Marett of Urbana, Ill. Antlers have
spread of 58% inches and each is 12"
in circumference at base. Rifles lbelowl
are (left) .333 O.K.H. and .476 double
taken by Keith on current African hunt.