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Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ?
      27/08/19 03:40 AM

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I actually got those pictures from the gunsmith who took them and who "discovered" the rifle in Zambia and I wrote that short piece. The rifle had been used to shoot hippo by the local tribal chief (I have no idea how he came to own it) for meat and spent considerable time under water, probably to hide it from the authorities.

A sad end for a between-the-wars Rigby sidelock ejector .470! I have actually seen a WR droplock .425 that suffered a similar fate, although not quite as bad as the Rigby.




Such a waste of a beautiful weapon.. sad sad sad...

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* Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? Sarg 25/08/19 03:45 PM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? Ahmed577   25/08/19 05:08 PM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? Sarg   25/08/19 06:16 PM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? NitroXAdministrator   25/08/19 06:55 PM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? Sarg   25/08/19 07:11 PM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? NitroXAdministrator   26/08/19 02:40 AM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? 93x64mm   26/08/19 08:00 AM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? Rule303   26/08/19 12:07 PM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? 577Rodda   26/08/19 01:37 PM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? jvw   26/08/19 05:05 PM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? NitroXAdministrator   27/08/19 06:41 PM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? HeymSR20   30/09/19 07:34 AM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? Ripp   27/08/19 03:40 AM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? Ash   26/08/19 09:27 PM
. * * Re: Have your Rigby refinished in Zambia ? tinker   25/08/19 11:56 PM

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