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Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back
05/04/14 12:42 AM

There were worse times with Rigby and the other name British gunmakers: Just a few hours ago at the small spring gunshow at Kassel I refused to buy an original "Rigby" in .275 HV for a mere Euro 750.-, about US $ 1000.-. It is a post-war product, engraved on the barrel with the 1960s -70s King Street address. Built on an ex-military K98 action with a flat "Butterknife" bolt handle, looking much like "Ferlach" to me. Express rear and front sight bases soldered on the barrel. Stock made of plain grade American Black Walnut (juglans nigra). Foreend longer and fatter than on the clasic prewar ones. Mounted with cheap looking P-H tip-off scope mounts and a Jap-made 4x scope. As my homemade 7x57 rifle on a 1912 intermediate action is more elegant and better made, I decided I don't need to spend that money for the Rigby name.
But Rigby was not alone in the 1950s - 70s: I remember two Holland & Holland .375 H&H rifles of that vintage I have seen years go. Though shaped, when viewed from a distance, quite classical, both were of rather so-so workmanship. One was on a P14 Enfield action, the other on an opened up WW2 K98 sniper rifle, the plugged holes of the long sidemount still visible. Both were equipped with light alloy bottom metal that seemed to originate with W. Roell. On One of them the foreend checkering pattern was even cut lopsided, unsymmetrical.

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Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	02/04/14 10:40 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Fontainebleu	02/04/14 10:47 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	02/04/14 11:00 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Fontainebleu	03/04/14 12:55 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Morten	06/04/14 07:26 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Fontainebleu	09/04/14 06:39 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	09/04/14 06:52 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Fontainebleu	09/04/14 07:00 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	09/04/14 07:17 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	09/04/14 07:19 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	DORLEAC	09/04/14 11:00 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	09/04/14 11:23 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	mehulkamdar	10/04/14 03:16 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Fontainebleu	11/04/14 04:56 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Morten	11/04/14 06:03 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	DORLEAC	11/04/14 07:56 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	12/04/14 01:29 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	12/04/14 01:33 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	09/04/14 06:55 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Fontainebleu	09/04/14 07:06 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	DORLEAC	07/04/14 07:42 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	mckinney	08/04/14 01:14 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	dons	07/04/14 08:58 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	FrankFarmer	08/04/14 01:41 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Morten	08/04/14 06:11 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	DORLEAC	09/04/14 12:30 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	pjaln	07/04/14 02:52 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	gryphon	07/04/14 06:58 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Dumprat	07/04/14 03:08 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Huvius	07/04/14 02:50 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	03/04/14 01:19 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Dumprat	03/04/14 12:51 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	03/04/14 01:28 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Mike_Bailey	03/04/14 05:22 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	paradox_	03/04/14 10:40 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	03/04/14 01:09 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Ripp	04/04/14 01:54 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	jvw	04/04/14 06:04 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Marrakai	04/04/14 10:48 AM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	A10ACN	03/04/14 04:56 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	03/04/14 06:30 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	03/04/14 06:37 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	03/04/14 06:39 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	03/04/14 06:41 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	NitroX	03/04/14 06:43 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Deutsche_Vortrekker	03/04/14 10:36 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	Rule303	04/04/14 10:38 PM
Re: Rigby - the Good Old Days are Back	kuduae	05/04/14 12:42 AM

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