| 400NitroExpress |
| (.400 member) |
| 04/10/07 12:22 PM |
Re: Don S's beautiful Rigby Mauser 303
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I see you excluded double rifles here; Rigby retailed a lot of guns. Pre-WWII, the falling block single shots, boxlocks, and Mausers were the work of others. Sometimes Rigby stocked and finished them, but many were bought in complete.
No, I didn't exclude double rifles at all.
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-Can the present Rigby company help with identification then?
They don't appear to be able or willing to help with historical data. Nor is that particular data likely to be found in surviving records. It wasn't information that the gunmakers wanted the public to have, so most didn't put it in their "day" books - which is what most commonly survives.
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-if the gun has address on rib, sidelocks, etc etc, is this their own in all probability or another makers?
No, that means nothing with respect to whether they made it themselves, or retailed it. I told you how to tell most of the time in my previous post. You have to learn to READ what's on the gun. Also, if you haven't learned British proof marks yet, you're wasting your time.