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Gundog01
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Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users..
#275013 - 13/12/15 05:00 PM

So I can research the adventures they went on with these guns!
So far I have:

Harry Shelby- .416 Rigby Mauser

Karimijo Bell- .275&416 Rigby Mauser

Winston Churchill- mauser C96 from Rigby

Jim Corbett- .275 Rigby Mauser

Anything else added would be great!

Did Roosevelt or any other American use a Rigby?

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Rule303
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Gundog01]
#275018 - 13/12/15 06:43 PM

No help to you but I am watching this thread with interest.

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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Rule303]
#275020 - 13/12/15 07:01 PM

H M The King - .275 Rigby Mauser

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Igorrock
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: AlanD]
#275028 - 13/12/15 11:48 PM

Finnish Marshal and short time president Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim - .350 Rigby Mauser
General Custer - a muzzle loading target shooting rifle

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Gundog01
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Igorrock]
#275034 - 14/12/15 03:16 AM

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Finnish Marshal and short time president Carl Gustav Emil Mannerheim - .350 Rigby Mauser
General Custer - a muzzle loading target shooting rifle

Did Custer ever say anything about his Rigby? A quote about how he loved it?

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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Gundog01]
#275036 - 14/12/15 03:31 AM

Quote gundog01: Winston Churchill- mauser C96 from Rigby

Wrong! While Rigby was the sole British importer for Mauser rifles, Westley Richards had the British monopoly as a distributor for Mauser C96 pistols. Winston Churchill got his C96 from Westley Richards, Birmingham and London.

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Gundog01
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: kuduae]
#275037 - 14/12/15 03:41 AM

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Quote gundog01: Winston Churchill- mauser C96 from Rigby

Wrong! While Rigby was the sole British importer for Mauser rifles, Westley Richards had the British monopoly as a distributor for Mauser C96 pistols. Winston Churchill got his C96 from Westley Richards, Birmingham and London.

According to John Rigby"s website, they claim Churchill purchased the 96 from them. I belive they would know best.

http://www.johnrigbyandco.com/history.html

Edited by Gundog01 (14/12/15 03:43 AM)

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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Gundog01]
#275038 - 14/12/15 04:47 AM

Quote:

Did Custer ever say anything about his Rigby? A quote about how he loved it?

He got his rifle as a present from his colleague but there is no mention of his opinion of rifle.

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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Igorrock]
#275039 - 14/12/15 04:53 AM

And, of course, J.A. Hunter - .416 Rigby Mauser

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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Igorrock]
#275040 - 14/12/15 05:14 AM

Karin von Blixen -350 Rigby

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rigbymauser
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Gen_Hicks]
#275044 - 14/12/15 05:45 AM

Bror Blixen .416Rigby

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Gundog01
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: rigbymauser]
#275056 - 14/12/15 08:54 AM

Kermit Roosevelt had a .450 a Rigby double.

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Gundog01
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Gundog01]
#275060 - 14/12/15 10:04 AM

Phillip Percival had a .470 Rigby double.

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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Gundog01]
#275073 - 14/12/15 01:12 PM

The Cottars (Kenya) used a Sidelock Rigby .500NE double from the early 1930's. It was originally built for a Captain de Courcy in 1908.
It was still in the Cottar family in the late 1990's.

Note.... Info was taken from Hatari Times #5 courtesy Harald Wolf.

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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Gundog01]
#275074 - 14/12/15 01:17 PM

Jack Lott owned and used a sidelock Rigby .450 3 1/4" NE double.
He wrote that it was one of his favourite doubles.
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Gundog01]
#275079 - 14/12/15 01:33 PM

Truesdell's book, The Rifle and its Development For Big Game Hunting, contains lists of who used what concerning makers and calibres.
The Rigby name shows up quite a lot in these lists.

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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: 4seventy]
#275088 - 14/12/15 09:19 PM

Taylor - at least 1 of each....

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Gundog01
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: 4seventy]
#275098 - 15/12/15 04:35 AM

Quote:

Truesdell's book, The Rifle and its Development For Big Game Hunting, contains lists of who used what concerning makers and calibres.
The Rigby name shows up quite a lot in these lists.

Thanks I picked it up!

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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Gundog01]
#275135 - 15/12/15 05:33 PM

Dave Omanney - Rigby .470 NE.
Tony Seth-Smith - Rigby .470 NE.
Harry Selby started off his career carrying a Rigby .470 sidelock.
Ross Syfried has (or had-I'm not sure) a Rigby sidelock .577 NE - a rare beast!
Russ Aitken owned and used a rising-bite .470 NE for many years. It is now owned by a friend of mine. I know the rifle real well and have shot it many times.
Pete "Samaki" Salmon - Rigby .416.
David Blunt - Rigby .416.
Tony Sanchez-Arino - Rigby .416.
There must be many more.

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Gundog01
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: jvw]
#275181 - 17/12/15 10:35 AM

Stewart Granger was using one in King Solomons Mines.

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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Gundog01]
#275585 - 25/12/15 06:06 AM

HRH Queen Elizabeth 2nd. Has the only Rigby sporting rifle built in 1943 during WW2, 275 Rigby (7X57) Recently someone asked about it, HRH replied that the "Boys" had it....Prince William and Harry?
Rigby recently built a replica of this rifle for the 2013 SCI convention.

http://forums.nitroexpress.com/showflat....rt=all&vc=1

Edited by FrankFarmer (26/12/15 07:11 PM)

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Yochanan
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: FrankFarmer]
#275633 - 26/12/15 12:11 AM

I believe Ross Seyfried still got his 416 Rigby mauser..

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AlanD
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: Yochanan]
#275977 - 02/01/16 04:37 PM

Walter Winans - Rifle sighted to 1,800 yards.

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AlanD
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Re: Just for fun...Help me compile a list of Rigby users.. [Re: AlanD]
#278746 - 03/03/16 09:01 PM

Ian Nyschens used a Rigby 450 Double Rifle. He mentions it in his book Months of the Sun

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