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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #332024 - 07/09/19 10:32 PM

My apologies. I will reconsider the next time I am tempted to post anything.

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: Carpetsahib]
      #332025 - 07/09/19 11:00 PM

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My apologies. I will reconsider the next time I am tempted to post anything.




Bloody hell. I meant the original poster of that monstrosity. And it was also partly a joke. Ffff people are so sensitive.

But in the bit not partly a joke, I fail to understand why a "driftwood" Blaser is on a Rigby Corbett rifle re-creation thread? That horrible driftwood rifle deserves its own thread, but not on this one. I should have shifted it straight away when it was first posted. Completely off topic. But tend to let things run.

On a Blaser thread, who cares.

Maybe I should delete my post and all after seeing its so sensitive?


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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: DORLEAC]
      #332028 - 07/09/19 11:26 PM

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About the BLASER experience, a French idiom:
"Idiots dare everything ... that's why we recognize them!"

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I wonder if anyone has tried using white ant/termite eaten wood ever?

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #332069 - 08/09/19 11:40 AM

Designed for the new millennial crowd. One shot and it turns to drift wood. No mass shootings.

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #332465 - 18/09/19 12:17 AM

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I fail to understand why a "driftwood" Blaser is on a Rigby Corbett rifle re-creation thread? That horrible driftwood rifle deserves its own thread, but not on this one. I should have shifted it straight away when it was first posted. Completely off topic.





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The replica was built as a new rifle but given a patina to emulate the knocks and age of the original.




I don't think its "off topic," given that the topic was "patina" on a new rifle, although admittedly I chose an extreme example (the Blaser) to make the point. "Patina"on a new rifle? No thanks. Would Jim Corbett have wanted a pre-distressed rifle with a factory "patina"? I doubt it.


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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: rpeck]
      #332468 - 18/09/19 01:55 AM

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I don't think its "off topic," given that the topic was "patina" on a new rifle, although admittedly I chose an extreme example (the Blaser) to make the point. "Patina"on a new rifle? No thanks. Would Jim Corbett have wanted a pre-distressed rifle with a factory "patina"? I doubt it.




Never mind.

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #350127 - 07/02/21 05:33 PM

Came looking for an image ....

And that is how negative people kill a thread with off topic bullshit.

I think on MY threads I will be enforcing a standard of manners in the future on off topic comments and BS. People are free to create their own threads. Of course doing that, they fail to misdirect and derail the original thread.

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #350252 - 10/02/21 05:25 PM

I have read about the Corbett 275 Rigby on other occasions. I have all the original books Corbett wrote but can’t find reference to him receiving the Rigby as a gift. In Man-Eaters of Kumaon Chapter One, Corbett tells the story of the hunting and killing of the Champawat Man-Eater and concludes the chapter with the information that at a durbar held a few months after he killed the Champawat tigress, Sir John Hewitt presented the Talsildar of Champawat with a gun and the man who accompanied Corbett when looking for the girl, with a beautiful hunting knife, both weapons suitably engraved. He makes no mention of being presented with 275 Rigby himself?

All the other man-eater kills he relates to in the book were killed with his 450/400 double except for the Thak man-eater in the last chapter of the book where Corbett mentions arming himself “with an accurate .275 rifle, in addition to the 450/400 rifle”.

In his book The Temple Tiger (and more man-eaters of Kumaon) Corbett tells of walking into Mantons in Calcutta and purchasing a Westley Richards in .275 calibre, a new model to the market. He eventually got a chance of a shot at the Temple tigers head at a range of about five feet and gently pressed the trigger. Nothing happened although he distinctly remembered charging a clip of five rounds into the magazine and chambering a round. His thought was the bolt had not picked up a round from the magazine. Turned out on opening the action there was a loaded round in the chamber with the metallic noise on opening the bolt causing the tiger to disappear. Silly old Jim had not fired the new gun before the hunt and had not realised the Westley Richards had a double pull trigger. Jim only took up the first stage expecting the gun to fire.

Corbett mentions later in this book when relating the story of the Talla Des man-eater that he had armed himself with a light .275 rifle which was one he had used for over 20 years.
In his three books specifically on hunting man-eaters Jim does not mention a 275 Rigby or being presented with one, maybe he does somewhere in his other books, Jungle Lore, My India, etc. I haven’t scanned back through these.

Does Jim actually make reference to receiving the Rigby and whatever happened to the Westley Richards 275. Did he use the Rigby on man-eaters or was it the Westley Richards?

He was an interesting and tough character and very good story teller, you feel like you are there with him when reading his books.


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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: eagle27]
      #350254 - 10/02/21 08:58 PM

Good comments and onservations.

I am sure I have read of him receiving the Rigby rifle in his books. Of course it could have been the instances you mention of others being presented with a .275 rifle.

My recollection was the .275 he used for the maneater killing was NOT the presentation Rigby. Later tigers, leopards etc, maybe, I don't know.

The book maybe where the presentation of the Rigby .275 was possibly the autobiographical book of Corbett - My India?

Marc Newton posted up lots of photos and other posts on the Corbett presentation rifle. And also took it back to India for a "tour". Was very interesting. Unfortunately he has deleted his facebook profile so it is all gone. There might be some also on the Rigby facebook page.

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #350389 - 16/02/21 01:43 AM

https://youtu.be/Nr7SwUVqRYE

Jim Corbett; A Rifle's Journey

John Rigby & Co.

See what inspired our team of gunmakers and how they made the commemorative .275 Corbett SCI donation rifle in this short film entitled "Jim Corbett; A Rifle's Journey"

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #350391 - 16/02/21 01:56 AM

https://youtu.be/1aYwkA_uBOE

Under Wild Skies - Jim Corbett Rifle Returns

•22 Dec 2017

John Rigby & Co.

A special edition of the NRAs under wild Skies following the return of Jim Corbetts rifles to India.

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #350418 - 16/02/21 04:51 PM

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HkvNgBB9DdU

The Champawat Man-eater by Jim Corbett. An audio reading of the story from The Man-eaters of Kumaon

vijay Raol

The Champawat Man-eater, the tigress who is arguably the most prolific of man-eaters ever known, with a record of over 430 human victims, was finally tracked down by a young Jim Corbett. This reading is in honor of Mr. Corbett's amazing ability to provide great shikar stories, while creating a sense of empathy and respect for all animals. This story is read by Dr. Vijay Raol. While I welcome your feedback, please be respectful with your comments. If you enjoyed this reading, please let me know. I hope to read some more of Corbett's amazing stories.

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #362639 - 24/02/22 11:20 AM

I have read his books also and cant find where he seems to kill any tigers or leopards with that particular .275 Rigby rifle, and have also come across the same references to buying a Westley Richards for himself. So he obviously had two .275's. (Although he might have sold the WR once he got the Rigby perhaps. But that was early on - 1909?)

Unlike Bell who shot approx 800 elephants with his .275 rifles, Corbett, who is also "well known" for taking maneating tigers and leopards with the .275, has not written about doing that with a .275 hardly at all.

He does mention later in life, where he is gifting the rifle for posterity (to his publisher?) in his retirement, that the rifle had been used on several maneaters. Is it a fact that Jim Corbett killed many other man eating tigers or leopards with his .275 rifle that he did not write about?

Offhand I can only think of one time that he killed a maneater with a .275 rifle. The incident when he fired one handed.

What did he use to kill the leopard of Rudraprayaag? Was it a .275?

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: CarlsenHighway]
      #362674 - 25/02/22 12:35 AM


"What did he use to kill the leopard of Rudraprayaag? Was it a .275?"

yes


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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: degoins]
      #362703 - 25/02/22 07:57 AM

I just finished reading “Burning Bright” by Harnihal Singh Sidhu. It’s a compilation of Corbett stories. Seems he used his 450/400 on most of the Tigers. I do remember him talking about the .275 that was given to him, but I’d have to reread the book to figure out which Tiger he shot to receive it. Great book !!!!!! Highly recommend it.
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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: bwanabobftw]
      #362741 - 25/02/22 11:08 PM

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I just finished reading “Burning Bright” by Harnihal Singh Sidhu. It’s a compilation of Corbett stories. Seems he used his 450/400 on most of the Tigers. I do remember him talking about the .275 that was given to him, but I’d have to reread the book to figure out which Tiger he shot to receive it. Great book !!!!!! Highly recommend it.
Robert




Must look for it.

The Rigby rifle with the plaque was gifted to him as a grateful gift for his slaying of a maneater(s). Did he hunt maneaters with it? Don't know. One of his stories mention using a Rigby .275 one handed to shoot a tiger at close range. Mentioned in a book and a painting of it exists by the Australian painter, David Southgate. Marketed by Rigby. David asked me years ago for tips on who could assist with marketing, selling his prints. I am glad he found a partner in Rigby to sell some of his painting prints.

Did he use his the gifted Rigby? Probably on subsequent hunts of some sort. Doesn't matter. The Rigby commenorative rifle was built as a closest replica as possible to the original gift. Including marks and usage blemishes.

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #362843 - 28/02/22 01:05 PM

It’s a great book, Rigby sells it on their website. And, yes I believe he used the .275 on several man eaters (both Leopard and Tiger).
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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: bwanabobftw]
      #362864 - 01/03/22 03:29 PM



"The Chowgarh Tiger" by David Southgate







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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #362870 - 01/03/22 05:21 PM

Gun 3 of 25 may look like a modest antique magazine rifle but it is in fact a highly accurate replica of the most famous sporting rifle produced in history. The original rifle, a .275 Rigby magazine rifle, was awarded to Jim Corbett for killing the man-eating tigress of Champawat. It then features many times in his much-loved memoirs, Man-Eaters of Kumaon.



"The Champawatt Tiger" by David Southgate

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #363110 - 05/03/22 09:00 PM

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Gun 3 of 25 may look like a modest antique magazine rifle but it is in fact a highly accurate replica of the most famous sporting rifle produced in history. The original rifle, a .275 Rigby magazine rifle, was awarded to Jim Corbett for killing the man-eating tigress of Champawat. It then features many times in his much-loved memoirs, Man-Eaters of Kumaon.



"The Champawatt Tiger" by David Southgate






Well, the painting looks like trouble. Neither hammer is back, and the tiger is ready to pounce.

Tight spot!

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Re: John Rigby 3of25 The NEW "Original" "Corbett" 98 .275 Rigby [Re: CptCurl]
      #363134 - 06/03/22 05:08 PM

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Well, the painting looks like trouble. Neither hammer is back, and the tiger is ready to pounce.

Tight spot!

Curl




Yes! Maybe a slight but rare mistake by David in his painting? Will have to re-read the story to see if it mentions when he thumbs the hammers back?

I found a painting naming error in my threads where I mixed the descriptions of two paintings. If Corbett received the commenorative gifted Rigby .275 after killing of the above Champawat tiger, he may have well used that rifle in the one handed shot in the later Chowgarh maneater hunt? Again re-reading of the stories is needed.

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