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| 22/06/10 10:16 AM |
Re: 350 rigby
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Very nice rifle! Looking at "British Gunmakers, Volume One - London" by Nigel Brown I found the following:
1940: SN 18,227
1947: SN 18,262
So, based on this it looks like your rifle was built between 1940 and 1947 but probably closer to 1940. The book says that enquiries about the records can be made through J Roberts & Son, 22 Wyvil Road, London, SW8 2TG. Tel: 020 7622 1131, Fax: 020 7627 4442. Then it goes on to say that the records are now held by John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Inc., at 1317 Spring Street, Paso Robles, CA 93446 and that the records are now held there. Tel: 805-227-4706. If the records are now held in California, I am not sure why the author left the old information there. Maybe there are records in both locations? I doubt it though.
Regards,
Jim
Dear Sir
If you follow the link I posted above you will see the disposition of the records and the current work on placing the archives into an assessable format..
In short they were sold to and are currently owned by Mr Neil Gibson, the rights to their use resides with Mr Gibson and with his permission our company.
Whilst there may be fragmentary copied information held in various places, the only authorised access to Rigby Records is via our company. In some cases, disclosure of such copied information to third parties may breach contractual obligations and be of doubtful legality.
George Caswell's records are not subject to my comments above as they are his personal collection gleaned from his years in the trade.
Respectfully.
John Rigby&Co.(Gunmakers)Ltd.
London