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If you are looking for a Rigby Rising Bite, one is going under the hammer at Holts today the 19th June.

http://auctions.holtsauctioneers.com/asp/fullcatalogue.asp?salelot=A0614+++1217+&refno=+++78603

Sale A0614 Lot 1217

JOHN RIGBY & CO.
A .450 (3 1/4IN.) NITRO EXPRESS 1879 PATENT SIDELOCK EJECTOR DOUBLE RIFLE, serial no. 16671,
28in. nitro reproved barrels with raised matt rib, carved in gothic script 'JOHN RIGBY & CO. 72 ST. JAMES'S ST. LONDON', and bold scroll engraving at the breech end, open sights, ramped blade fore-sight with flip-up moonsight, tubes engraved '"SPECIAL" 450 BORE BIG GAME RIFLE. FOR SPECIAL CORDITE CARTRIDGES AND BULLET 480GRS', treble-grip action with Rigby & Bissell patent rising third bite, patent no. 1141 of 1879, use number 759, carved leaf fences, slender toplever, manual safety with button release and gold-inlaid 'SAFE' detail, removable striker discs, dipped-edge lockplates, chequered front trigger, fully engraved with bold foliate scroll engraving on a partially matted background, 14 3/4in. figured pistolgrip stock (possible replacement) with sling eyes, horn pistolgrip-cap and including 7/8in. rubber recoil pad, fore-end with Rigby patent screw-grip fore-end fastener and Rigby patent ejector / non-ejector selector nut, small crack to wood, weight 11lb., in its brass-cornered oak and (later) buffalo hide case, with sighting targets

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Estimate £12,000-16,000

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John aka NitroX

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