[fabsroman]

Yeah, I saw that lion charge too and my brothers and I were talking about it last Sunday dinner. We disagree about some of the facts (i.e., whether or not the guide had a gun, whether or not it was the guide that got mauled), but we all agreed that these guys were terrible under the pressure of the attack.

Personally, I think an autoloader shotgun loaded with alternating 3 1/2" shells of barnes X bullet sabots and #00 buckshot would be my gun and loads of choice if I had to go after anything dangerous at short range with the exception of maybe an elephant, cape buffalo, or hippo. I might even take the shotgun on a cape buffalo because it is going to be so close and charging that the shots on its head will be close up and the slugs and buckshot should have enough power to go through that skull and cause a mess of damage.