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mckinney
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17/02/20 07:35 AM
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Rigby question
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Does anyone know whether Rigby offered bolt rifles in .375 H&H prior to WWII? If not, when did they first offer them?
thanks
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jvw
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17/02/20 05:57 PM
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Re: Rigby question
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They did, but not a great many. The .375 was no longer a proprietary cartridge after 1923 and the rest of the trade was therefore free to chamber rifles for it. There was a very nice Rigby .375 on a M98 Magnum action floating around here in SA some years ago. It was a gorgeous rifle!
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Ripp
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18/02/20 03:00 AM
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Re: Rigby question
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Quote:
They did, but not a great many. The .375 was no longer a proprietary cartridge after 1923 and the rest of the trade was therefore free to chamber rifles for it. There was a very nice Rigby .375 on a M98 Magnum action floating around here in SA some years ago. It was a gorgeous rifle!
Did not know that..
Thx for posting
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mckinney
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18/02/20 07:35 PM
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Re: Rigby question
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Thanks JVW. Would love to see the one that was floating around SA. I assume it would have looked about like one of the prewar .350s?
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jvw
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19/02/20 08:09 PM
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Re: Rigby question
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Quote:
Thanks JVW. Would love to see the one that was floating around SA. I assume it would have looked about like one of the prewar .350s?
It looked exactly like a .350, yes. It had a recoil pad and an original scope on as well. There are quite a few .375's around that had been converted from .350's, and I seem to recall that Paul Roberts was fond of this conversion.
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paradox_
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20/02/20 10:08 AM
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Re: Rigby question
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Many, or most 375s were rebarreled 350s.
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pjaln
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27/02/20 02:47 PM
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Re: Rigby question
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can't say I've ever seen one that came out of the factory as a 375 from day 1 ,i do know that paul roberts would rebore every one he could get his hands on especially the early step ring magnums as the 400/350 cartridge was gone long ago ...paul
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Re: Rigby question
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The 1939 Stoeger shows only the .275, .350 Magnum, and .416 Rigby proprietary cartridges:
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