500grains, I have seen this posted by you several times, on several web-sites, and my question is, Who told you the CA Rigbys are made on Merkel 20 ga shotgun actions? Your's is the only reference, to this, that I have seen. I'm not saying it isn't true, but I just can find no place where it is stated in print, other than your posts!

The fore-runner to the CA Rigby was the Rogue River double rifle, and it was made on a pure shotgun action, but I don't think it was a Merkel. The barrels were actually glued together, with a space age glue, that was designed, but rejected, to hold the heat tiles on the space capsules for re-entry. The problem was when it set, it couldn't be adjusted for regulation. The Rogue River doubles didn't regulate too well, at least the ones I had any thing to do with, didn't!

I have several Merkel shotguns, and one double rifle, and the actions seem to not be the same as the Rigby, to me. I have heard this said of the Heyms as well, and I can find no conformation of that either, and those actions seem different, as well. The Merkel shotguns are made on Double rifle actions, that way they don't have to make two seperate actions, one of the reasons the prices can be kept within the budget of many who otherwise couldn't afford a double rifle. LIKE ME, most of the time

I guess what I'm asking is, do you have a link to info on this subject, that I can read, and copy?