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| 25/05/22 11:25 PM |
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Re: 1936 vintage Rigby in .275HV
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As to the shape of the bolt handle, many commercial Mausers from the 1930's had round knobs such as the Standard Modell, Type C rifles and Riechspost rifles. All three resemble military guns more that sporting rifles but were retailed as commercial sporters and German commercial proof marks.
Sorry, but I'm not sure about that at all.
In fact, the round knob appears very late during the period of the Second World War, circa 1943.
On the other hand you can meet this type of round knobs on the very first productions.
Reference should be made to the work of Jon Speed and to his two major books: "Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles" and "The Mauser Archive".
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