416 Rigby Gun Test Fail
A 416 Rigby Gun Test years ago proved not everything goes as planned...
The truly interesting part of this video is the commentary. I can understand how/why viewers think this 416 Rigby gun test is fake. It looks it! But the confidence and vehemence with which some insist they know all about the green screen, lighting, fake sound, bad acting, etc. is remarkable. For the record, this was a straight up shoot with camera on tripod, natural background on a ranch. Lighting by sun. Embarrassing performance by yours truly. If I were going to fake a recoil fall, I'd like to think I could do a better job than this.
By the way, this was a borrowed rifle of considerable value. No way I was risking it to a fake pratfall. Thus my comment to the film crew about keeping the rifle up and taking the fall on my back. Close call. And learned several lessons, not the least of which is "pride goeth before the fall."
“Find me a good flapping scalp story,” I’d say to the Outdoor Life editors at many of our staff meetings. I meant, of course, a good bear tale where a grizzly or Alaska brown bear got the upper hand and chewed off the hunter’s scalp. During my tenure at Outdoor Life, I learned very quickly that our readers had a true love affair with bears, especially rogue grizzlies.
Unfortunately, the recent black bear attack in northern New Jersey and the first fatal bear attack in about 150 years is an example of what happens when people panic and run scared. Perhaps this deadly attack might not have happened if the young hiker had been more knowledgeable about the dangers of encountering a wild animal.
“This was not the way it was supposed to happen. I hit the Cape buffalo squarely in the chest with a .375 Holland & Holland, a cartridge the size of a banana. Nyati was supposed to go down. He didn’t even flinch! In fact, the bull trotted off with his buddies.
