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bouldersmith
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A very early Rigby 98
01/02/20 12:18 PM

Speed talks about these rifles in his book on sporting Mausers. Intermediate length, small rings that were left over from the GEW tests and the only ones Oberndorf ever sold commercially were retailed to Rigby. A client purchased this rifle in the Holt's auction I imported it for him. When it arrived it had a few issues he was not happy with, a couple of minor stock repairs, the front sight had been botched, a few areas of external deep pitting and some soft lettering. I was asked to strike out what I could on the metal and anything that could not be polished out sent to my engraver for micro welding when he picked up the lettering and proof marks. The existing stock finishing was flaking off and the color not correct for a Rigby. The good news is the rifling remains strong and nobody did anything other than the front sight damage that added to my job. Stock finish is traditional alkenet root in boiled linseed oil finished with Daly's Sea Fin and a slow rust blue using Pilkington's. Here are some before and after photos. I use IMGUR and choose the bbs option, it works most boards I post on but not here. Help re-sizing?

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Edited by bouldersmith (01/02/20 02:03 PM)

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A very early Rigby 98	bouldersmith	01/02/20 12:18 PM
Re: A very early Rigby 98	85lc	03/02/20 02:18 AM
Re: A very early Rigby 98	pjaln	10/05/20 09:16 AM
Re: A very early Rigby 98	lancaster	01/02/20 08:35 PM
Re: A very early Rigby 98	Louis	01/02/20 11:07 PM
Re: A very early Rigby 98	kuduae	01/02/20 11:47 PM
Re: A very early Rigby 98	bouldersmith	02/02/20 12:44 AM
Re: A very early Rigby 98	kuduae	02/02/20 05:35 AM
Re: A very early Rigby 98	KWJohnston	02/02/20 06:48 AM
Re: A very early Rigby 98	93x64mm	02/02/20 08:26 AM
Re: A very early Rigby 98	rigbymauser	02/02/20 08:01 PM
Re: A very early Rigby 98	Ripp	02/02/20 12:29 AM

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