BFaucett
(.333 member)
23/10/04 07:56 AM
Re: Ivory-Elephants and Bell

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Poster: dasMafia
IIRC, there is an article regarding the disposition of the .275 Rigby in this month's American Rifleman...

I've got it somewhere around here...




Yep, November 2004, American Rifleman. Great article on the .275 Rigby by Joe Coogan. Joe mentions Gail Selby's hunt where she took her first Elephant with a .275 Rigby. This was with the W. D. M. Bell .275 rifle that Robert Ruark purchased and gave to Mark Selby (Harry's son). (If memory serves me correctly, Bell had 2 or 3 different rifles in .275 Rigby over the course of his career.)

BTW, Gail Selby Wentink has a web site. Some great stories and photos.

http://gabrimaun.tripod.com/


Gail Selby with her father Harry Selby

"Over the years I have experienced many wonderful moments in the Botswana bush with my father, Harry Selby. Each trip held its share of fear, humour, excitement, disappointment, success and hard work. I enjoy hunting (I shot my first elephant when I was 14 years old) and have had the privilege of being a spectator on many great hunts."
from: The End of Season Elephant by Gail Selby.
Story published in Magnum/Man Magazine January 1987 and in later years in the first edition of Hunting in Botswana by Tony Sanchez-Ariņo and printed by Safari Press.

Her web site is worth a look.

-Bob F.



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