| DORLEAC |
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| 17/04/19 04:32 AM |
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Re: John Rigby 9 of 25 Mauser 98 in .350 Rigby Mag
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"Bill. I agree that all Rigby magnum 400/350 magnums had step down rings and slant box magazines. However, its possible that when assembling the later Rimless .350 magnum they may have used up an inventory slant box unit that can be made to handle the rimless .350 etc. So No this was not Original to the Normal Ring .350 Rimless magnum rifle. Dumb events like this occur every so often and confuse folks. Regards, Jon"
Xausa, thank you for your kind response and your fair play.
As Jon SPEED makes it clear, in special circumstances RIGBY may have been forced to use slanted magazine box for their .350 Magnum Rimless, but if that happened, it's an exception to the usual rule of using standard magnum magazines.
I think that such conversions occurred when it was necessary for them to adapt old stocks to the new rimless cartridge and again, the exception confirms the rule !
All the best.
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