[TML] 20mm cannons and bulky aliens

[Brad Murray]

On Jan 22, 2008 4:16 PM, Tod Glenn <webmaster at travellercentral.com> wrote:
> I don't recall about rhinos, but an elephant has a skull 2 and 1/2
> feet thick, but a brain about 6 inches on a side.  You need power,
> penetration and accuracy.  The 300 isn't considered a serious
> dangerous game rifle for any of the 'big five'.

That's a *maximum* of 2.5 feet of porous bone *and* muscle and a .375
H&H will generally pass clean through both sides of the skull.  The
brain is oblong, about a foot long and half that wide.

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Brad Murray (halfjack)