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Sinner, my observations and I suspect Capt Curl's were simply pointing out the practical problems with reviving Rigby after it has been so badly mistreated over the last few decades. If you want to put the time, effort and talent together to revive it, go right ahead. I for one wish you well and will buy the finished product -- if and when it comes out and if and when it is a true 'Rigby' in fact rather than simply name.

But money talks and bullshit walks. If we simply want to turn this forum into the Fantasy Baseball League of Double Rifles, then let's continue this prolix self stimulation about how we are going to turn back the clock, assemble this group of talented and experienced craftsmen, buck the current market where Purdey and H&H have finished products sitting on the shelf (see the Purdey 470 that has been sitting there for a year or so) and then let's continue to crap on anyone who says that "the Emperor is Naked.'

Or, put up the money and do the job, Sinner or let's move on to discussing DRs not Disneyworld products.

Okay go ahead and start on me. Or simply have this dose of reality removed once again by your buddy.

Dave

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Dave

The practical problems of reviving Rigby are MINISCULE
compared to everything else.


To revive them practically, all you need to do is find good workers who can build good guns - and there are plenty of good gunsmiths around who could do it, you just have to put it all together and allow them to do it.

SOMETHING THAT IS SEVERELY LACKING AT MEXICAN RIGBY.

The rest of it is the hard part - and that is gaining the Confidence, Trust and acceptance of the market - something Mexican crap tried to do by buying a name but lost all the
Confidence, Trust and acceptance of the market in one fell swoop by turning up to SCI with a Rebadge Merkel - and NOT a very good one at that.

"let's move on to discussing DRs not Disneyworld products."
Go ahead, move on, let us continue, you don't have to partake in it if you don't want to.

Dave - let's just say it is only a "dream" of Sinner's, mine, Curl's etc to revive Rigby's, what the fuck is the diff between that and a newbie coming on board here at NE, getting involved in the discussions and clearly saying he would love to own an English DR in the future and then watching them achieve that ? It's great to watch them do it so let it be.

Edited by 500Nitro (03/04/08 03:35 AM)

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