| buckstix |
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| 27/06/24 01:33 PM |
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Burgess - Milliron - Brevex 416 Rigby RCBS Fred Huntington
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Burgess - Milliron - Brevex 416 Rigby for RCBS Fred Huntington
Hello All,
I wrote about my recently acquired Brevex 416 Rigby here at this post ..... http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=385189&an=0&page=0#Post385189
In that post I questioned why the barrel was stamped RCBS - Now I know. I contacted Fred Huntington JR and asked about this rifle and his father, Fred Senior. Fred Huntington Senior was the original founder of RCBS back in the 1940s. Fred Senior was also an avid World-Wide hunter. Fred Jr. confirmed that my recently acquired rifle belonged to his Father. He said it was custom built for him for an upcoming African Safari. Here are the details he told.
RCBS stamped on the barrel
Fred Huntington's custom Big Game rifle in 416 Rigby caliber
Metal work was done by Tom Burgess
Stock was made by Earl Milliron
Stock Blank was obtained from Joe Oakley
Fred Hunted with the rifle only one time in Africa
On that hunt, he Hunted with Jack O'Connor
Here are some photos of the details of the rifle. They show:
the extra recoil lug added to the bottom of the barrel.
the fully adjustable commercial trigger
Tom Burgess' stampings on the bottom of the extra recoil lug
Earl Milliron's stamp n the barrel channel
What a wonderful History. Now I will be diligently searching for pictures of Fred and Jack's Safari in hopes of seeing the rifle in Fred's hands.
http://www.buckstix.com/buckpics/416-RCBS-DETAILS.jpg
| eagle27 |
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| 27/06/24 03:28 PM |
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Re: Burgess - Milliron - Brevex 416 Rigby RCBS Fred Huntington
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Buckstix I have an old RCBS booklet containing an article by Jack O'Connor about his safaris to Africa including the one with Fred Huntington. I am away from home at the moment so cannot check on the details of the article but from memory there is a photo of Fred posing with a lion he took with his 416 Rigby. In another article in the same booklet Jack gives details of the loadings he and Fred used in their 416's. They turned the belts off 378 Weatherby Magnum cases to form 416 cases and got 416 bullets from Barnes if my memory serves me correct. I will post scans of the articles when back home on Sunday.
| eagle27 |
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| 27/06/24 05:09 PM |
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Re: Burgess - Milliron - Brevex 416 Rigby RCBS Fred Huntington
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Just to clarify as I got a bit confused, the author of the article above containing the loadings for Fred's 416 was Elmer Keith. The O'Connor article preceded Elmer's in the RCBS booklet and has more detail about the 416's both he and Fred took to Africa. This article I'll scan and post when back home.
| buckstix |
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| 27/06/24 07:50 PM |
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Re: Burgess - Milliron - Brevex 416 Rigby RCBS Fred Huntington
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Quote:Hello eagle27,
Buckstix I have an old RCBS booklet containing an article by Jack O'Connor about his safaris to Africa including the one with Fred Huntington. ...
from memory there is a photo of Fred posing with a lion he took with his 416 Rigby. ... I will post scans of the articles when back home on Sunday.
Thank you so much. I anxiously await your post.
| yamoon |
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| 28/06/24 11:49 AM |
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Re: Burgess - Milliron - Brevex 416 Rigby RCBS Fred Huntington
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Saw that rifle at the CWOC auction. I think you got a good price. Only one German schuetzen in that auction, I bought it. Now the wait for delivery.
Mike
| buckstix |
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| 29/06/24 04:10 AM |
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Re: Burgess - Milliron - Brevex 416 Rigby RCBS Fred Huntington
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I'm waiting for another also.
http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=385391&an=0&page=0#Post385391
| eagle27 |
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| 01/07/24 09:56 AM |
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Re: Burgess - Milliron - Brevex 416 Rigby RCBS Fred Huntington
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Hi Buckstix, unfortunately my memory faded the details a bit. The Jack O'Connor article on his safaris' including those when accompanied by Fred Huntington, does have a photo of Fred posing with a Zambia lion but the rifle in the photo was his 300 Win Mag that he had as his light rifle. There is a photo of Jack posing with his 416 and a downed buffalo and mentions that he used his 416 in Zambia in 1969 on the best lion he had ever taken.
Jack does enumerate that both he and Fred turned the belts off 378 Weatherby cases to load for their 416's and used bullets obtained from the Colorado Bullet Company and steel jacketed ones from England.
The photos in the article are quite small and do not provide a quality scan.
| buckstix |
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| 01/07/24 12:22 PM |
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Re: Burgess - Milliron - Brevex 416 Rigby RCBS Fred Huntington
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Bummer..... yes, Roy's 378 WBY brass brought the 416 Rigby back to life.