Thanks for the link to Gail Selby's site. So much Africa, so little time.

Harry Selby's choice, the 416 Rigby, is the practical one for Elephant today. However, most of us will never have the where with all for that experience. We should marvel at all the ways there are to hunt, rather than argue about them.

Bell did what he did for his own practical reasons. He wrote well of them, and we are richer for it. The 7X57 is capable of great things, and does a lot of lesser things very well too. I love mine.