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Very nice rifle, photos and story, Quail.
RE. WDM Bell, as you know he had his guns stolen on reaching Africa, and wound up using a great Dutch Roehr (or some such!) 4 bore and developed a sever flinch!
a four ounce ball will do that.
This is the gun that shattered the stock with a double charge and scarred him for life.
He didn't shoot all his game with a 7x57, but used a .303 for a good bit of it, and a lovely little rifle by Ferguson, Edinburgh if I remember right, in 6.5 x 54 M-S.
This rifle was wonderful on elephant he thought, with its 160 grain round nosed bullet.
All the very best,
Richard.
RE. WDM Bell, as you know he had his guns stolen on reaching Africa, and wound up using a great Dutch Roehr (or some such!) 4 bore and developed a sever flinch!
a four ounce ball will do that.
This is the gun that shattered the stock with a double charge and scarred him for life.
He didn't shoot all his game with a 7x57, but used a .303 for a good bit of it, and a lovely little rifle by Ferguson, Edinburgh if I remember right, in 6.5 x 54 M-S.
This rifle was wonderful on elephant he thought, with its 160 grain round nosed bullet.
All the very best,
Richard.
