Yes, Bell was a diffently a pro heavy bullet shooter in his later years,,, if he could of done it all over again, he would of picked a larger caliber.
He made it clear in a magazine article published in American Rifleman in 1954 what he would use if he returned to Africa. With his vast experience ivory hunting, he felt he could put his finger on the perfect caliber for the purpose, which he felt was the .318 Westley Richards, or the 8x57mm Mauser. However, if he had to do it all over again with a modern rifle he would choose a Winchester Model 70 in .308 Winchester loaded with homogenous bullets and sighted with a ghost ring rear aperture sight.
He was slightly disappoint in the 7x57 since most of his kills that were more than 1 shot.
He need 1200 shots to put down the first 800 elephants.
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