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| | The 6.5 x 54 Mannlicher-Schoenauer (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | Left to right -.243 Win, 6.5 M-5, 7 x 57 Mauser, 30-60,.375 H and H. The professional hunters in Africa, prior to the first world war, sang its praises loudly. |
 | | “Karamojo” Bell and Captain Stigand were two professional ivory hunters who used it with some success on elephant and wrote about their successes, whilst Banks (elephant control officer -Uganda) and Blaney Percival (first game warden-Kenya) were also enthusiastic proponents. |
 | | The long 160 grain bullets had a very high sectional density, and in solid form penetrated adequately for brain shots on elephant or ‘through the shoulder’ shot on buffalo, whilst the frangible soft points gave lightning quick kills on small buck like impala or gazelles. |
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