Originally Posted by
Bbj270
It's been.said weatherby shot a cape buffalo lengthwise with a 257 weatherby.
Yes he did with a solid bullet. But, and this is a big but, he did it years ago in Kenya under a special permit, under controlled circumstances and was backed up by a PH with a big double rifle. That is something that nobody will legally duplicate now.
W.D.M. Bell shot over 1000 ele with things like a 318 WR., 303 British, 7x57 Mauser and a 6.5x54 MS. But the days of using light calibers for heavy game are over. Every country with legal safaris observes a minimum based on either caliber/bullet weight or energy in joules. The 257 WBY is a great deer/antelope round but it isn't a dangerous game round.