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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...

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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-Ariño and printed by Safari Press.

Her web site is worth a look.

-Bob F.

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