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ALF
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Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?
05/12/04 12:19 AM

Hi guys:

Mehulkamdar alerted me to this thread.

The Mauser centenary rifles were commissioned by Rheinmetal Industry in Germany for the 100 year Commemoration of Mauser as they were the owners of the rights to Mauser at the time. This was before Sig taking over.

So 100 rifles were made in 416 and 100 in 375.

I have SN R51/100 in 416 Rigby

They came in a leather box with cleaning rods etc.

The rifles were built on Prechtl actions, same as the Johannsen Rifles. I'm not sure if Reimer had anything to do with the fitting of the barrels and or stocks.

The stock design is clean and nothing fancy, nothing wrong with the geometry at all but it is light. It is made of a very light, but hard wallnut ( same wood as used in the making of Sauer 202 rifle stocks) and with the very thin barrel profile the bigger 416 does kick. This is a very light rifle for a 416!

Now if anyone tells me a 416 at full throttle does not kick I will refer them back to the simple equations that deal with recoil.

So if the rifle is light and the powder charge is big it will kick no matter the geometry.

They are very, very well built and my original rifle in 416 cost as much as the same rifle offered by Riemer Johannsen at the time.

Mine is fitted with the original flag safety and that is how I like it to be as it should be as close to the original as possible.

Aesthetically I do not like the 3 position safety, well not on a rifle that professes to be the commemoration of the Mauser legacy; if I did I would buy me a Winchester cause thats where they belong

Compared to an Original Single squre bridge Rigby in 416
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Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	RLI	01/12/04 01:52 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	NitroX	05/12/04 11:34 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	RLI	06/12/04 04:55 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	ALAN_MCKENZIE	02/12/04 06:32 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	500Nitro	02/12/04 07:12 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	EricD	02/12/04 07:59 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	500Nitro	02/12/04 09:00 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	EricD	03/12/04 01:29 AM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	500Nitro	05/12/04 07:54 AM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	4seventy	03/12/04 12:49 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	ALF	05/12/04 12:19 AM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	JefferyDenmark	05/12/04 10:42 AM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby? DELETED	470Rigby	05/12/04 09:23 AM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	ALF	05/12/04 10:51 AM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	EricD	05/12/04 10:45 AM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby? DELETED	470Rigby	05/12/04 10:56 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	ALF	06/12/04 04:58 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	Siskiyous6	08/01/05 05:01 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	EricD	02/12/04 07:28 AM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	500Nitro	01/12/04 10:05 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	pwm	02/12/04 05:43 AM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	500Nitro	02/12/04 05:52 AM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	mickey	02/12/04 02:34 PM
Re: Mauser 100 year Centenary rifle in .416 Rigby?	4seventy	01/12/04 02:00 PM

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