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Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
The other problem in shooting a charging rhino is the fact that the large front horn blocks a direct shot into the brain, and it's hard to stop a charging rhino otherwise in that situation. I had that pointed out to me when I shot my rhino in August .

This post is from 2006. I was just rereading John Hunter's book "Hunter". In the book he has a chapter about shooting Rhino's in Kenya, probably in the 1930's. The question comes up as to actually firing the shot at a head on charging Rhino. One answer that I got was that since the horn is essentially blocking a direct shot at the EDBD brain and that big head blocks a large part of the "boiler room" My stepson said to shoot at the nose. That way, the solid would go through the lower jaw and enter the body in the heart area on mayhaps strike the neck bones. Another answer that I got was to step aside and break the near shoulder. Just as a aside, you are carrying my old John Wilkes .500 Nitro loaded with solids. So, how would you shoot this on coming freight train?
I am just asking this as a theoretical situation primarily as a point of discussion. (No Rhino's were shot or killed in this conversation.)

I did it in 1994. I was a step to the side. Hammered it at bad breath range. I will take a picture of the skull and post it shortly.

You're just full of surprises, Larry! Your trophy room must be quite the sight.

I have a video of it somewhere. It was VHS-C. I will see if I can find it.

Let me tell the story. I took my oldest son who was 10 at the time. They warned about this rhino as being very aggressive.

To make a long story short, we located two rhino and were absolutely assured that the rhino in question was there. I left my son behind with the trackers with a warning that he had better not get hurt. We crawled up on the rhino. I shot with my 416. It just laid there. I thought so what. Then it started rocking and I hammered it again. It got its feet as did the second rhino. The PH was screaming not to shoot as I would hit the second rhino. Then the f'ing thing heads straight for us. Not a problem. I figure I will break the shoulder and he will turn. I did this perfectly. The rhino did not cooperate. He was still coming. I had one cartridge left in the gun. At about 3.5 steps, I brained him and ran like hell. Out of the corner of my eyes, I saw the rhino collapse. I heard hysterical laughter and someone yelling you are pretty fast for a white guy. The PH had run for cover!

The second rhino ran within 3 feet of where my son was. The trackers pushed him up a tree and became one with the tree.

It ended up that my bull was a cow. Regardless, it was a real thrill.

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Originally posted by cdparker:

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Originally posted by Use Enough Gun:
The other problem in shooting a charging rhino is the fact that the large front horn blocks a direct shot into the brain, and it's hard to stop a charging rhino otherwise in that situation. I had that pointed out to me when I shot my rhino in August .

This post is from 2006. I was just rereading John Hunter's book "Hunter". In the book he has a chapter about shooting Rhino's in Kenya, probably in the 1930's. The question comes up as to actually firing the shot at a head on charging Rhino. One answer that I got was that since the horn is essentially blocking a direct shot at the EDBD brain and that big head blocks a large part of the "boiler room" My stepson said to shoot at the nose. That way, the solid would go through the lower jaw and enter the body in the heart area on mayhaps strike the neck bones. Another answer that I got was to step aside and break the near shoulder. Just as a aside, you are carrying my old John Wilkes .500 Nitro loaded with solids. So, how would you shoot this on coming freight train?
I am just asking this as a theoretical situation primarily as a point of discussion. (No Rhino's were shot or killed in this conversation.)

If your going to step aside and shoot it in the shoulder, you might as well step aside and give it a side brain shot.