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iwantadouble
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Re: Rigby quality
20/12/05 09:11 AM

I have no experience to base "Rigby, America" quality on, so I won't even begin to touch that one, but in regard to pre-war (actually pre-WW1) quality Rigby, the one rifle (magazine) I have seen and held in person was mastery, in my opinion. I have never shouldered a more lively bolt action rifle, the wood was nice with out being overextravagant (I am more of a fan of field or working grade firearms than best anyway, so that doesn't bother me.) The bluing was beautiful, and the rifle fit like a dream to the shoulder. Caliber was/is .350 Rigby Magnum. I have seen some rifles marked by Holland that I would pass up in an instant for if offered a shot at.

When somebody builds thousands upon thousands of rifles in their long history, its possible for them to make a few bad ones, or on the same token (which I personally don't think is the case of the real Rigby's) make a few good ones. Given that these rifles were hand finished over a long period of time, and that some wore the test of time by the hands of owners better than others, I feel each must be evaluated on a case by case level because none of us would have had the chance to examine the entire stock as it was going out the door.

As a side note I know of one gunsmith that took the very rifle I was so impressed with and made note of measurements off all that it had to offer to build a clone for himself.

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Rigby quality	JPeterson	17/12/05 02:25 PM
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Re: Rigby quality	new_guy	18/12/05 10:48 AM
Re: Rigby quality	500Nitro	18/12/05 04:05 PM
Re: Rigby quality	iwantadouble	20/12/05 09:11 AM
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Re: Rigby quality	400NitroExpress	18/12/05 11:20 AM
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Re: Rigby quality	500Nitro	17/12/05 03:28 PM
Re: Rigby quality	JPeterson	18/12/05 12:34 AM
Re: Rigby quality	500Nitro	18/12/05 04:33 AM
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