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One of the British sporting magazines (The Field, or Shooting Gazette) did an article refuting Ripon's claim. The did the calculations, and proved that unless he was killing multiple birds with one shot, it can't be done

Noooooo
He shot them in the nest then had a crony throw them up into the air, to be spot on old sport!!!
The greatest sportsman or the greatest Bull Shitter I think the later here applies!!

There was a tale that when Ripon and Walsingham were on adjacent pegs a covey of 8 partridge went over and all were bagged. I have seen, on a number of times, 4 pheasant dead in the air at the same time to one Gun (shooter) with a pair of guns and a loader. My old boss, now deceased, once shot 99 pheasant on just one drive and was a bit disappointed when the whistle went without him making it an even 100.

These double gun teams would put in alot of dry practice and work like a well oiled machine. Seven is pushing it a bit unless killing more than one at a shot. Five, just about feasible in my opinion. Lagopus.....

Read the same article as turdugs. Can't be done - at least in the manner we are all presuming; 2-shot limit before changing guns and the birds shot singely and not flock-shot.

Ken

I can't find the picture of Lord Ripon....was he a fat guy with glasses ?

Pete

Or possibly it was Edward 7th- Duke of Earl- son of Queen Victoria The Prude- nicknamed "Tum-Tum" behind his rather broad backside, as he was a Master Trencherman and loved large banquets in his era-Gene Hill wrote about Lord Ripon and said that he (Lord Rip that is) abstained from over-indulging in food and drink at those el grande shooting estate weekends in Jolly Olde Angle-Land- tried to get plenty of rest, and would practice in the summer months with a .410 bore shooting butterflies and dragonflies in the garden- Lord Walsingham however, once killed 1000 driven pheasant in one day, after a previous night of drinking and gambling at his "Gentleman's Club"-shot over 85% by shells to dead bird count ratio.

King George The 5th- once on the train back to Buckingham Palace after a full week-end of shooting, saw the iced and sawdust boxcar packed full of dead game birds, wall to wall and wryly observed- "Huum, perhaps a spot too much then!!" Pip Pip and Cheerio!!

PeteM,
The photo's are of his father, George Frederick Samuel Robinson, 1st Marquess of Ripon.


The "gun" was Frederick Oliver Robinson, 2nd Marquess of Ripon

Lord Ripon (as Earl De Grey) was somewhat on the heavy side. I would post this picture of him with two gun handlers (all hammer doubles)"Born 1852 and became the second Marquis of Ripon in 1909. He is arguably the greatest game shot of all time with a recorded lifetime's total of 556,813 head of game. Much of his shooting was conducted with a set of three guns and with great speed of loading is known to have had seven dead birds in the air at one time. He died on September 22nd 1923 in the field, having killed 51 grouse on his last drive, while the last birds of the day were being picked up, he fell down dead."

Best regards, George

Elveden Hall 1876. Earl de Grey seated (1852-1923) after 1909 the Second Marquess of Ripon



His Hon. Thomas de Grey (1843-1919) later Lord Walsingham





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