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    hunter 89 reacted to baxterb's post in the thread 9,3x74R on Elephant with Like Like.
    Yes it’s possible. I was over at George Hoenigs house once and he showed me a pic of an elephant one of his clients shot with one of his...
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    hunter 89 reacted to DieJager's post in the thread 9,3x74R on Elephant with Like Like.
    Certainly possible and in a number of countries perfectly legal. It is by no means a stopping rifle if that is your question.
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    hunter 89 reacted to Tom Leoni's post in the thread 9,3x74R on Elephant with Like Like.
    Craig Boddington, whose advice I trust for too many reasons to list here, says the following: "The old 9.3x62mm and 9.3x74R in double...
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    hunter 89 reacted to Hunter-Habib's post in the thread 9,3x74R on Elephant with Like Like.
    Yes, it is. It would be an relatively poor choice for body shots on the big bulls. But a properly constructed 9.3mm solid (such as the...
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    hunter 89 reacted to IvW's post in the thread 9,3x74R on Elephant with Like Like.
    I load 300gr bullets in mine which ups the sd.....I would hunt any dg with that. Follow up will allways be with the 500 Jeff....
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    hunter 89 reacted to Odinsraven's post in the thread 9,3x74R on Elephant with Like Like.
    I have never taken an elephant - but as Doctari comments in his book he culled 650 buff with a 9.3x62 - so effective yes - optimal nope...
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    hunter 89 reacted to Raven's post in the thread 9,3x74R on Elephant with Like Like.
    It seems to me that there is no point in shooting the largest African animals with calibers that are not fully designed for this. As...
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    hunter 89 reacted to pilar's post in the thread 9,3x74R on Elephant with Like Like.
    KO factor multiplies bullet weight (measured in grains) by muzzle velocity (measured in feet per second) by bullet diameter (measured in...
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    hunter 89 reacted to SRvet's post in the thread 9,3x74R on Elephant with Like Like.
    On the basis that Bell killed elephants with 6.5x54 and thousands have been culled with the 7.62x51 and an R1 rifle then yes it would work.
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    hunter 89 reacted to grand veneur's post in the thread 9,3x74R on Elephant with Like Like.
    An friend of mine, a former PH in Africa, stopped an attacking Asian elephant in Malaysia with the cartridge 9,3x74R and a frontal brain...
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    hunter 89 posted the thread 9,3x74R on Elephant in Hunting Africa.
    Is it possible to kill an elephant with the 9.3x74R (286 grain with 2400 fps Barnes Banded Solids)? I know that it is not permitted but...
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