A friend of mine was hunting with Eric Stockenstroom. As they were driving from the airstrip to the Camp the PH stopped and pointed at a few Guinea Hens about 100 yards away. "We need something for dinner. Why don't you shoot a couple of those?"

Bill pulled out his 300 WB and realizing this was the shooting test took careful aim and, quite by accident and offhand, shot the head off of one of the birds, .

"There," he said to the PH "I've got my dinner, now you shoot yours."

A second time. I was with a friend in Zambia and he had new 378 WB. He had been in a hurry to meet me in Lusaka and didn't have the time to sight in the new scope he had put on. He was also afraid of the rifle and the recoil. (I wasn't afraid of it but I dreaded pulling the trigger) Anyway, after 20 rounds it still wasn't on the paper, it was hard to tell with his flinch. He was also out of ammunition.

The PH whose camp we were staying at had an extra 375 he let Bob use. He was so nervous about Bob's lack of shooting ability that he removed the follower and told Bob it could only be fired single shot. The PH backed him up on every shot until he was convinced that it was the fear of the recoil that made him shoot so poorly. After a few animals the PH suddenly 'found' the follower and put it back in.