Primeval

[jamaldog87]

well i just saw a moive called primeval about a 25 foot crocodile called gustave in Burundi. Well i found out he is very real(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gustave_(crocodile) ) and well how would you kill something like that? i hear 454 and up in handguns and 375 H&H for crocodiles.  who would you kill something like that?

[Big Ryan]

223 right to the head. I dont care how big a gator or crock is, most of the time, if you hit um in the head with a high velocity 22 cal gun its lights out real quick. I have even killed my share with a 22lr at close range. Even killed a few of them with a hammer lol.. There skin and hide dont take much to get through. 25ft sure is a moster though, it would def make you think twice.

[don heath]

.223??? Nope. Have seen 7,62 and .303 ball bounce off a croc's head - and we were not culling big ones either! A good blunt nosed 30 cal will do the job (barnes banded solid) or preferably a good .300 mag.

Personally I just use my 9,3 x62- but then I favour a spine shot not a head shot. too many 'funny's with head shots depending on angle. For a client at say 80m from a rest, you can usually get a good angle at a flat(ish) spot on the side of the head. Culling them at night from a boat...you take whatever shots you can, and dang are those scutres a) hard and b) well sloped to deflect pointed bullets!

The Egyptians used the back skins as armour before the invention of chain mail.....