There were worse times with Rigby and the other name British gunmakers: Just a few hours ago at the small spring gunshow at Kassel I refused to buy an original "Rigby" in .275 HV for a mere Euro 750.-, about US $ 1000.-. It is a post-war product, engraved on the barrel with the 1960s -70s King Street address. Built on an ex-military K98 action with a flat "Butterknife" bolt handle, looking much like "Ferlach" to me. Express rear and front sight bases soldered on the barrel. Stock made of plain grade American Black Walnut (juglans nigra). Foreend longer and fatter than on the clasic prewar ones. Mounted with cheap looking P-H tip-off scope mounts and a Jap-made 4x scope. As my homemade 7x57 rifle on a 1912 intermediate action is more elegant and better made, I decided I don't need to spend that money for the Rigby name.
But Rigby was not alone in the 1950s - 70s: I remember two Holland & Holland .375 H&H rifles of that vintage I have seen years go. Though shaped, when viewed from a distance, quite classical, both were of rather so-so workmanship. One was on a P14 Enfield action, the other on an opened up WW2 K98 sniper rifle, the plugged holes of the long sidemount still visible. Both were equipped with light alloy bottom metal that seemed to originate with W. Roell. On One of them the foreend checkering pattern was even cut lopsided, unsymmetrical.