Yes, the trick for Bell was to get in close, then attempt to pull off the famous "Bell Shot."
Even he knew he was out gunned since the cartrages of the day didn't have the hp to accomplish clean kills.
Purhaps this is why he would of picked faster heavier bullets as he stated in his articals.
Bell could see the relationship between faster moving bullets with some weight behind them.
The little 175 to 200+ grain pills with 2700 + ft-per seconds up close would of improved his odds of 1 shot kills.
A small bullet in Bells day would of been something less than 4 to 500gr's,,, kinda like Roy, Jack and alot of other good hunters of day.
Jack shot most of his big game in North America with big bores,,, and his trusty 416 in Africa.
Yuppers, even the shooters of their day knew about the limitations of what those cartrages could and couldn't do
Purhaps this might be why larger cases and better bullets evolved,,, it allows us,,, "the generation that followed" to be able to go to the sporting goods shop and buy the caliber and rifles to go hunting.
No math required if a person chooses to pick a larger unit,,, they also come with some advantages one would think,,, purhaps some disadvantages as well.
Only the owner of his or her unit will know this with their own unique ways of doing things.
Good times for all depending on their needs and wants.
