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Re: Rigby gone tits-up?
      18/01/06 11:16 AM

Paul Roberts is still active, but has nothing to do with Rigby. He is the "Son" in J. Roberts & Son, the gunmaking firm his father founded. J. Roberts & Son acquired John Rigby & Co. in 1984. Paul operated Rigby until 1997, when he sold it to the current US owner. In 2000, J. Roberts & Son bought the license to use the W. J. Jeffery & Co. name, also owned by an American, and is currently making double and magazine rifles under that name.

I imagine that the rumour has to do with California Rigby, not J. Roberts & Son, or Paul. The "Mexican" Rigbys have never done well, and I'm surprised that they're still operating. It's common knowledge in the trade that they're in trouble.
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* Rigby gone tits-up? MopaneMike 18/01/06 05:08 AM
. * * Re: Rigby gone tits-up? iwantadouble   18/01/06 06:11 AM
. * * Re: Rigby gone tits-up? shakari   18/01/06 06:37 AM
. * * Re: Rigby gone tits-up? 400NitroExpress   18/01/06 11:16 AM
. * * Re: Rigby gone tits-up? BFaucett   19/01/06 04:23 AM
. * * Re: Rigby gone tits-up? iwantadouble   18/01/06 11:30 AM
. * * Re: Rigby gone tits-up? shakari   18/01/06 04:35 PM
. * * Re: Rigby gone tits-up? MopaneMike   19/01/06 11:06 AM
. * * Re: Rigby gone tits-up? Oldsarge   19/01/06 01:17 PM
. * * Re: Rigby gone tits-up? shakari   19/01/06 05:03 PM
. * * Re: Rigby gone tits-up? MopaneMike   18/01/06 08:51 AM
. * * Re: Rigby gone tits-up? Marrakai   18/01/06 11:03 AM

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