NitroX
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| 08/11/13 01:31 AM |
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Re: Rigby prices !!!
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bramble , i think a lot of the rigby pricing has to do with the company being out of england now ,btw have you visited them when they were still in england,i think the train stop was blackfriars, am i correct? and they were down what i consider an alleyway, not such an impressive building but a lot of nice stuff inside....paul
pjaln,
Sorry to say but our friend Bramble is no longer with us. Mark (Bramble) was the owner of the Rigby gunmaker which re-established in London. I visited him about four years ago. It is sad to say he died of cancer a couple of years or so later. He had a number of personal friends here among the membership of NE.
The London Rigby firm was dissolved by his heirs, and of course since then the Californian Rigby also has ceased, to be taken over by some Texan enthusiasts who have recently sold Rigby to the same group of companies that makes Mauser, Blaser etc. The reports are that Rigby's are again being made in the UK. Will be interesting to see how it progresses.