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i think the british have been away from there original lines of rifles for a while now ,,there are some makers in the states that have a better sense of what is traditional english in the prewar style,,,and without a doubt joel dorleac knows the style,,hartman weiss another,,martin hagn lon paul puts out a nice gun tho im not crazy about the xtra large rear square bridge that are on some of his examples ,,, on the other hand i guess if you specify as close as possible what u want it still is nice to have a well known british firms name on the barrel be it jeffery,gibbs,roberts evans,churchill,westley,holland or andersen wheeler,,ive held a 375 fraser that was built about 1987 it was horribly balanced ugly looking stock and a longish forend that didnt look like anything fraser ever produced the gun bopped around for years last time i held it at cabelas in maine appro. 3 years ago ,, also i wouldnt use a new action like some of the new mag mausers by GMA that did not have a thumb cut it looks too modern ,,when you think of it traditional rigby rifles should be easy for any accomplished gunsmith ...no horn tip,no grip cap,not too fancy wood,military bottom metal reworked(if its a 275) esay checkering pattern simple block front sight ,hard rubber pad or trap butt .... its a hell of a lot more work to copy any prewar jp sauer ....paul |