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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: Igorrock]
      #207544 - 23/04/12 01:56 AM

my last mannlicher was looking similar and my first fear was about a true "oil stock".








before and after








I clean the stock with fine sandpaper so only the real oiled parts stay black now

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: lancaster]
      #207551 - 23/04/12 03:58 AM

I have cleaned one old mauser "oily" stock. Hair dryer is a good device to gently warm the wood and then oil comes up to surface so it´s easy to wipe away. And industry quality alcohol is a good fluid for latter cleaning work.

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: 500Nitro]
      #211878 - 02/07/12 09:28 AM

Absolute perfection in a rifle ! Treat it well!

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: MFC]
      #212725 - 15/07/12 12:42 PM

Here is another stunning original Rigby .350 currently for sale over at (commerical site named removed as not a sponsor).

RIGBY 350 MAGNUM RIMLESS - SINGLE SQUARE MAGNUM MAUSER ACTION - BUILT in 1924 - EXCELLENT PLUS BORE - ORIGINAL CASE - NICE WOOD - An Original Classic in an Original Trunk - Un-Cut Flats - Every Mauser # Matches - 24" Barrel - 14 3/8" LOP Over a Trapdoor Buttplate

Style: Bolt Rifle
Caliber: 350 Mag. Rimless
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#4981, John Rigby & Co. 43 Sackville Street. London W:  "Rigby 350 Magnum": A John Rigby Single Square Bridge Magnum Mauser Action built in the Golden Era of 1924 as a 350 Rigby Magnum Rimless, A 24" barrel with a band island rear sight with 1 standing & 2 folding platinum lined sights, Front sight, Barrel band sling eye, Waffenfabrik Mauser-Oberndorf Commercial Magnum length action that carries the Mauser #84310, The action was built in 1921; The receiver, magazine box, stock, bolt, bolt sleeve & safety, trigger and the floorplate all have matching serial numbers, The stock inside also has the correct Mauser serial number, Belly magazine box, Straddle hinged floorplate with a center bow release, Nitro proved in London at 52 cordite with a 225 grain bullet, Proved in Germany as well, The flat on the barrel cylinder remains uncut or ever drilled or tapped, The rear square bridge remains un-cut, It has a pure classic British pre-war stock, Very nice wood with nice color & contrast, Point pattern checkering, Cross bolt at the recoil lug, Shield escutcheon in the buttstock line without initials, 14 3/8" L.O.P. over a steel buttplate with a trapdoor, 8 Lbs. 7 oz., This Classic Rigby remains totally original with no signs of refinish anywhere, All of the metal blue remains at 85%, The stock with original oil finish at 82-84%, The checkering remains at 95%, The bore is excellent plus and almost looks like the day it left Rigby. Not many of these great period guns come with the original full length brass cornered leather case. It has the correct and original trade label plus a Manton & Co. label. If a DNA was performed here, there would be signs of Tiger blood. Here are dreams of tigers and ships and palaces, fine spices and women and silk. An original classic Magnum Mauser Rigby from the Golden Era between the two big wars. This piece is Rigby #4981; #5051 & #5066 are both 350 Magnums with Magnum Square Bridge actions that were made by Rigby in 1925 & 1926.
This is all Commercial Mauser with a Magnum action and then the British made a great open sighted game rifle to compliment this great piece of bolt rifle machinery. The Mauser Sporting Rifle and actions number about 127,000 and more than 82,000 were sold prior to WWI with a large percentage going to the British Gun Trade.  From 1898 to 1912 Rigby held the exclusive British distributorship for Mauser sporting rifles, actions and barreled actions.


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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: MFC]
      #212768 - 16/07/12 12:03 AM

MFC thanks for sharing. That is a rifle with some history I would think.

Unfortunately it is outside my price range.


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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: Rule303]
      #212814 - 16/07/12 11:54 AM

Unfortunately it is vastly outside my price range as well. Sure is nice to look at and dream though.

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: MFC]
      #212833 - 16/07/12 08:44 PM

Nice rifle. Ridiculous price.

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #212834 - 16/07/12 08:47 PM

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The Mauser Sporting Rifle and actions number about 127,000 and more than 82,000 were sold prior to WWI with a large percentage going to the British Gun Trade. From 1898 to 1912 Rigby held the exclusive British distributorship for Mauser sporting rifles, actions and barreled actions.




Where are all these "82,000" rifles today I wonder?

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #212838 - 16/07/12 09:09 PM

I have a few.

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: Rule303]
      #212873 - 17/07/12 06:02 AM

Quote:

...That is a rifle with some history I would think.

Unfortunately it is outside my price range.




That is the one I owned. You know, the one I said I would never let go...

I traded for a couple other guns and feel like I made out OK. Now that the Rigby records are accessable, I dont even want to know its history although if it was sold through Manton, it may have no particular provenance of note.

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: Huvius]
      #213016 - 19/07/12 08:17 AM

oh but it does,,,it was once owned by the famous "benny hill"......haha.....paul

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: pjaln]
      #213020 - 19/07/12 08:45 AM

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oh but it does,,,it was once owned by the famous "benny hill"......haha.....paul




didn't 'cha' know?

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: DarylS]
      #218770 - 01/11/12 04:00 AM

The Rigby Serial Number is 5390, on the trigger guard, and below the Mauser action number, 91683. Sold on May 17, 1929 to Marquis del Merito of Spain. He also purchased the following rifles:

5399, 350 Magnum on November 29, 1929, ELDA on magazine box
5401, 350 Magnum on December 17, 1929, Fernan Nuaez on magazine box
5422, 275 HV, on December 17, 1929, "crown over M" on silver oval
5435, 275 HV, on December 17, 1929, "crown over A" on silver oval

Christmas 1929 must have been very nice!

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: John_Rigby_and_Co]
      #245369 - 10/04/14 03:27 AM

An old thread re-opened.

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #245392 - 10/04/14 09:51 AM

Price seems fair to me!!!

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #245406 - 10/04/14 11:44 AM

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An old thread re-opened.




Hopefully not an old wound re-opened!!

I do feel a tinge of regret letting this rifle go. Especially now that there is some possibility that the new Rigby may again make rifles to this pattern (even if the well deserving 350 Magnum isn't revived).

At the time, this gun was, I hate to say... just another bolt gun (although a very nice one) and I was in the process of moving out of bolt actions and into singles and doubles.
Now, having let go of my 416 Rigby(Mahillon), 404 Jeff (William Evans), 350 and still having my 425WR, I can say that the 350 was the one that is the epitome of what a usable sporting rifle is meant to be.
Just look at that rifle... pure perfection...

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: Huvius]
      #245428 - 10/04/14 07:04 PM

Quote:

Quote:

An old thread re-opened.




Hopefully not an old wound re-opened!!

I do feel a tinge of regret letting this rifle go. ....
Just look at that rifle... pure perfection...




I had a look on Google for .350 Rigby Magnums and was led straight back here to NE.

Was looking for examples of original .350's .

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: MFC]
      #245429 - 10/04/14 07:05 PM

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Edit note:

These photos had been lost until they were re-posted recently as noted below. I have archived them on the NE.com server, and I have edited the links in this post so that they are once again displayed.

Curl





We should all thank Curl for his endless work doing this on NE. Over time it has created a great resource.

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: NitroX]
      #261345 - 28/02/15 09:22 AM

I posted this over in the auction thread but in retrospect thought it should probably go here for posterity. Mods please delete one if you think it's appropriate.


*EXCEPTIONALLY FINE ORIGINAL CONDITION JOHN RIGBY MAGNUM SQUARE BRIDGE MAUSER RIFLE.

SN 100952. (1937) Cal. .350 Magnum. 24″ Tapered round bbl with large boss at breech end is fitted with sleeved-on rear sight base holding two folding leaf express sight, banded-on sling eye, and sleeved-on front ramp with white bead. Top of bbl is engraved in Olde English script “John Rigby & Co. 43 Sackville St. London.” Square bridge magnum Mauser action is engraved “.350 MAGNUM” and “RIGBY MAUSER” around receiver ring, left side of which is stamped with Rigby SN and Mauser SN. Bolt with classic pear shaped handle has flag safety, gold inlaid “SAFE”. Cocking piece is fitted with Rigby’s special patented peep sight. Sear has been V’d out and cocking piece fitted to better center this sight. Single stage trigger is temper blued. Drop box bottom metal has hinged straddle floorplate held in place by button in trigger guard bow. Rear portion of floorplate is engraved “A. F. S. C”. Rigby number is stamped in trigger guard bow. Relatively plain European walnut steel trap capped pistol grip buttstock (spare front sight in trap) measures 15″ over serrated steel buttplate with trap. Trap contains pull through cleaning kit. Stock features classic Rigby styling with flat top point pattern checkering with mullered borders, deeply chamfered ejection port, short forend without contrasting tip, and a sling eye on toe line. Drop at heel: approx 3-1/8″, drop at comb: approx 1-3/4″. Weight: 8 lbs 12 oz. LOP: 15″. PROVENANCE: Rigby historian confirms Rigby # 5626 (Mauser 100952)as a “Sporting Magnum” for A.F.B. Clarke, 22 June 1937, .350m with 24″ bbl and 15 1/16″ LOP and engraved floorplate. Richard Schreiber Collection. CONDITION: Excellent. Metal parts retain 70 – 80% of their orig thin factory blue, most loss on floorplate which is lightly freckled and cleaned. Stock retains nearly all of its orig rubbed oil finish, grain open and slightly raised, with a number of light marks, and a few a bit heavier. Checkering is very lightly worn. There is a slight compression and crack in wood at rear of action tang. Bore is exceptional, bright, sharp, and shiny throughout. Action is smooth. Possibly one of the finest examples of this classic rifle extant. Most have been converted to .375 H&H. 4-45901 (6,000-9,000) – Lot 2489













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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: MFC]
      #261347 - 28/02/15 11:10 AM

Thank you Curl!

I never get tired of looking at this kind of gun porn!

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: AzGuy]
      #261379 - 01/03/15 04:25 AM

Original box of ammo to compliment these beautiful guns





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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: m4220]
      #261413 - 01/03/15 01:53 PM

Always wanted a 350Rigby. I have a M17 action and a 35 cal barrel now I just have to find some body with a 350Rigby reamer

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: Rule303]
      #261474 - 02/03/15 11:26 AM

What would be a fair price for this rifle considering Julia's 15% commission to be added on? Is there any alternative to Bertram brass or making it yourself which is not likely to occur in my case?

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: bwanakim]
      #261487 - 02/03/15 06:22 PM

I think the 350 Rigby is its own case and Bertram is your only option. Would be happy to be proved wrong. Loaded to its full potential the 350 Rigby will give a 35/338RUM a run for its money.

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Re: .350 Rigby [Re: bwanakim]
      #261503 - 03/03/15 02:54 AM

I think a fair price, including commission, is 12-15K USD.

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