3DogMike
(.400 member)
19/02/21 06:38 AM
W&C Scott and Rigby

Double Rifle photos, both are solid shooters.
- Mike

W&C Scott .500/.450 3 1/4" NE, made about 1899





Rigby .470NE, class C grade, sold to retailer J.T. Hartwell in January 1919





Huvius
(.416 member)
19/02/21 07:40 AM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

Both are GREAT!!
I know the market doesn’t seem to like Nitro hammer rifles but I think they are super cool.
Especially with a Jones underlever.


3DogMike
(.400 member)
19/02/21 07:59 AM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

Thanks Ben,
Both would likely have originally gone to, or been intended for India.
The Rigby has a faint 3 digit "Maharaja number" behind the pistol grip.

The Scott shows very little wear and perfect bores/rifling so was probably caught up in the India/Sudan ban on .450's and fired little if at all from ~1899 to the ban. Thereafter maybe just languished in a cabinet because hammer rifles and the .500/.450 3 1/4" had become dated and out of fashion?
I have found that neck expanded and fireformed .500/.416 brass are the easiest and least expensive way to get this .500/.450 shooting.

The Rigby's buyer, J.T. Hartwell, traded as a "Gun and Rifle Maker" at 5a West Chapel Street then all of 5 West Chapel Street, London from 1919 to 1925, the Jones Underlever and hammers on the Rigby are pretty unusual for as late as 1919.
- Mike


DarylS
(.700 member)
19/02/21 09:06 AM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

Jack Lott used a hammer(ed) .577 Nitro on cape buffalo. I can still picture, the picture. Seems to me, he was holding a ctg. in his right hand's fingers. (not quite positive on that)

3DogMike
(.400 member)
19/02/21 09:16 AM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

Quote:

Jack Lott used a hammer(ed) .577 Nitro on cape buffalo. I can still picture, the picture. Seems to me, he was holding a ctg. in his right hand's fingers. (not quite positive on that)



Hi Daryl,
Yep, That picture was in a Jack Lott article in Gun Digest, will have to go look for it. Lott was a huge fan of Jones Underlever Hammer rifles because they can be opened & reloaded quite silently.
- Mike


degoins
(.333 member)
20/02/21 03:48 AM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

Gorgeous...thanks for sharing!!

NitroXAdministrator
(.700 member)
20/02/21 06:46 PM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

Quote:

Both are GREAT!!
I know the market doesn’t seem to like Nitro hammer rifles but I think they are super cool.
Especially with a Jones underlever.




I agree.

I could be happy using double rifles with hammers all the time.


3DogMike
(.400 member)
21/02/21 02:40 PM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

Still have to dig out the Gun Digest with that Jack Lott article for Daryl.
Hard to get motivated with freezing & snow ......... detached shop is not heated unless I fire up the wood stove about 2 hours ahead of time.
- Mike


TH44
(.375 member)
22/02/21 12:08 PM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

All 3 of my H&H double hammer rifles (10 bore Paradox, 8 bore ball gun & .500 X 3 1/4" BPE) were almost certainly made by W&C Scott (pre 1892 of their [H&H] new factory)
[If anyone has pics of Phillip Webley rifles of that era please post pics] as they also made H&H guns and rifles
Always the standard for hammer rifles in that era, W&C Scott were pre eminent in that field

TH44


DarylS
(.700 member)
22/02/21 02:25 PM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

The article was called "Make Mine a Side Hammer" by Jack Lott. I have the article, Mike. I forgot about that. It's in a folder on my desk top. Someone from here, sent it to me and I can not remember who it was - some things are just simply - gone!

NitroXAdministrator
(.700 member)
22/02/21 06:09 PM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

Quote:

The article was called "Make Mine a Side Hammer" by Jack Lott. I have the article, Mike. I forgot about that. It's in a folder on my desk top. Someone from here, sent it to me and I can not remember who it was - some things are just simply - gone!




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DarylS
(.700 member)
23/02/21 03:58 AM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

That's it.

CptCurlAdministrator
(.450 member)
24/02/21 12:20 PM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

Nice rifles! Thanks for posting them.

Curl


rigbymauser
(.400 member)
28/02/21 09:21 AM
Re: W&C Scott and Rigby

Nice thread...keep fueling..

Can never be tired at looking at hammer doublerifles.



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