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rigbymauser
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Re: Bells Rigby 303
      05/08/09 04:06 AM


It is my impression Bell was more found of the .303 than any other caliber. In his book " Bell of Africa" the .303 is mentioned very frequently..but they were 10 shot MkIIs , which he had war gained experience with. In his return to Afrika he gets two 10 shots Lee Enfield sportingrifle that were of some military looks, with shorter barrels, to them at £8 each.
Like Alexander Lake, Bell preferred 10 fast shots rather than 2 shots fra a heavy double.
Bell was a good friend of Daniel Fraser. Maybe he could have supplied him the .303s??.

I think Bell got to own 7 Rigbymausers in .275cal, but to this day I believe it was the .303cal that caliber made him "smallboreselephantshooting" famous.

Hope this helped...some?

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