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In fact, the .275 Rigby made before the war came out from the Oberndorf factory as barrelled actions fully finished in the white and proofed while Rigby only intervention was limited to stocking, sighting and finishing.www.dorleac-dorleac.com
Joel, not even stocking! Go to page 35 of Jon Speed’s “Archive” book: There you find some 1905 Mauser factory photos of barreled actions in the white as shipped to Rigby’s. They were complete with sight bases and sling eyes. And there is a note too about the Mauser, Oberndorf factory making stocks for Rigby to a pattern supplied by Rigby. Further, Jon once told me he had found “Stocks for Rigby rifles” in a 1920s Oberndorf factory inventory.
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Re: 1936 vintage Rigby in .275HV