9,3x74R on Elephant

[grand veneur]

I have never used a formula for selecting a cartridge. I base it on the size of the game I want to shoot and the distance at which I perhaps have to do it. The caliber that I regularly use also plays a role. I have shot many of various game species with cartridges caliber 9,3mm, but all of them were much smaller than an elephant. For this reason, I would newer have considered using the cartridge 9,3x74R for shooting an elephant which is, as I also knew before I saw one in the wild, much bigger than a wild boar or a deer.

 

[PCC600]

When I think of 9.3x74R I think of driven boar shooting not elephant hunting . I guess anything is possible but why take the risk ?

 

[IvW]

The question was if a 9.3x74R with the right bullet and good shot placement can kill an elephant......not is it the ideal elephant caliber or is there anything better....etc. etc......

The simple answer is yes.....right bullet, right shot placement=dead elephant....nothing less nothing more.....

 

[AZDAVE]

I will throw up a couple pictures of the late Don Heath using his 9.3x62 (Same performance as the x74) to defend himself on a full on charge. The x74 and x62 would not be my first choice for elephant But as @IvW pointed out "right bullet + right shot placement = dead elephant."