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How broad a term is "screw grip"? I've seen non-W&C actions that could be described as having a flange on the spindle to engage a third bite, often a rib extension rather than a doll's head..

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Fairly broad I suppose. Some attempt to apply a much narrower meaning to it, which simply isn't reality.

Look closely at the fore-end fastener on your rifle. Study how it works. That's Wilkinson Sword Co.'s screw-grip fore-end fastener patent from 1866. Often associated with Rigby, it does appear that Wilkinson sold it to Rigby sometime later.

Compare it to the top fastener on your rifle. It's an obvious, direct crib on the earlier (and by then expired) Wilkinson patent. That's what a screw-grip is.

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