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In another story,a mountain sheep had been hit with a lowly 7 mm rifle and the sheep was hit several times through the lungs with no effect whatsoever.The guide who was present at the event stated later that the sheep was hit once,dropped dead and Keith was actually several miles away at the time.
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Not to dispute anything, but just to question the veracity of one man's word against another man's word.
I would think that part of the problem of believing Elmer did what he did is due to very few being able to duplicate what he did.
As already stated, he was more than proficient with handgun, rifle and shotgun and was active at one time in competitive shooting. I just don't think O'Connor had credentials that even remotely approached Elmer's.
Here's John Barsness' latest article on 24 Hour Campfire.
http://www.24hourcampfire.com/...ters/April_2009.html
While it isn't about the .270 specifically, it is about multiple hits to no seeming effect. This quote may also have a bearing on the matter of multiple hits.
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Cape buffalo also have a reputation for being hard to kill, to the point where some people make it sound like they're tougher than a skyscraper. They are quite tough, but as with elk, their reputation partly comes from lousy shooting and bad bullets.
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