The cheapskate claim is typically made up by those who haven't studied Bell very much, if at all,
and often just repeat the nonsense of other clueless types.
Anyone who knows the list of rifles Bell owned over time would know he was not shy on spending
Double rifles, Mannlichers from Frazer and Gibbs, a dozen or more bespoke Mausers from Rigby,
As well as bespoke Springfields, Winchesters,..etc.
I wonder if anyone who calls him a cheapskate has ever purchased two Magnum mausers in .416
in the same year, along with the purchase of corresponding ammunition in the thousands of rounds count.
