Bell likely killed just as much game with his .256 bores as he did with his .275 bores.
but people have a lock-on obsession with his Rigby when ever his name comes up.
His long barrelled George Gibbs of Bristol .256 was his dedicated do-all work horse plains game gun.
and the thing got a regular solid workout...at times when he didn't see elephant for periods sometimes
a month, his Gibbs was still working hard collecting piles hides for trading currency.- Suffice to say,
he killed more plains game in his career than he did DG.
Then for a good time, his Daniel Frazer .256 carbine was his DG rifle.
" That Gibbs certainly had a full time job to do....It was a round-the-clock rifle"
-Karamojo Safari -(page 12 of prologue)
Yes, I am one of the 275 Rigby Bell lovers. Guilty as charged. I have always loved the sporter Mauser's. Especially the 275 and 416 Rigbys.I also like very much the M96 6.5x55Swede. Something about those old Mauser advertisements of the day always got to me. Well,as close as I will ever get is finding a nice post war 7x57 and maybe a surplus Carl Gustav sporter conversion. And yes, his 256 was always kept busy. He used a 318 for awhile too I believe.
