Rigby PH Big Game in 404 Jeffery

[Altitude sickness]

I prefer the grain you have and the deep reddish tint. To the higher grade
Woods.

 

[Berettaco]

That’s a beauty!! Congrats

 

[Andrew62]

What an awesome looking rifle, I absolutely love the color tone of your Rigby. Congratulations on a great purchase, and good luck pursuing buffalo with it next year!

 

[Rare Breed]

I prefer the grain you have and the deep reddish tint. To the higher grade
Woods.

The tint is much higher than my two HS’s and I agree with you!

 

[Adam Stevens]

I know where two of those are and this isn't helping me not inquire about them ha!

Proper dangerous game rife, every aspect.

 

[R eight]

Beautiful rifle. I love my PH as much as the regular BG.

 

[RIGBY]

Look what you’ve done to me Franz! lol!!!

Ha! I suffer from the same disease…

 

[AZDAVE]

Nice looking rifle. Looking forward to seeing a picture of it leaning against the side of a lot of DG.

 

[cpr0312]

She's a beaut Clark! Congrats on the new add!

 

[Hornedfrogbbq]

Giddy up!

 

[dhoover]

Let me know about the recoil when you get a chance to shoot it. I am looking for a Big 5 rifle. I was in a bad accident last year and badly shattered my right arm. I have some hardware so its strong but my hand is weak. When I shoot my 375 the trigger guard hits my fingers. 404 might be as big as I can go.

 

[farmer_john]

Let me know about the recoil when you get a chance to shoot it. I am looking for a Big 5 rifle. I was in a bad accident last year and badly shattered my right arm. I have some hardware so its strong but my hand is weak. When I shoot my 375 the trigger guard hits my fingers. 404 might be as big as I can go.

Might want to look at a suppressor
Cuts recoil by half

 

[Aussie_Hunter]

Beautiful rifle. I love my PH as much as the regular BG.
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I have really turned to the PH model since buying my 375. Alot of the PH models have the red straight grain wood and to me just look more like an old classic Rigby.

 

[Rare Breed]

I feel I got lucky with my Rigby PH BGR in 404J. The wood which is a called grade 2 looks better than some of my grade 5s and the rich red hue is exceptional!!!

 

[Rare Breed]

Might want to look at a suppressor
Cuts recoil by half

I was surprisingly amazed at the recoil in a good way! I am not sure what the Rigby PH BGR in 404 weighs, but it feels rather heavy in a good way especially with the Swaro Z8i+ on it. As I have said before, I think it will become my favorite of my 4 Rigby's given it will take anything on this earth up to and including elephant.

 

[Wildwillalaska]

Ha! I suffer from the same disease…

Franz, you know you really should get a match set of the PH models, one in 450 Rigby and one in 404J. Send that ol' hog's ear of a 416 BGR north to Alaska, I'll take care of it for you. I mean...I still love my rifle, so damn accurate, and thought it was so damn pretty...that was until I saw yours.

 

[Rare Breed]

Franz absolutely!!! Listen to wisdom my friend!!! lol!

 

[Noah Hutchens]

Out of curiosity is there a reason the front sight sits about an inch or so back from the muzzle? Seems like most bolt guns I see/own have the front sight all the way at the end of the muzzle. The only rifle I own that are that way as well are my older savage 99s from 1920s. Just curious if there’s a reason or if it’s an esthetic decision.

My savage for comparison:

 

[Wildwillalaska]

I was surprisingly amazed at the recoil in a good way! I am not sure what the Rigby PH BGR in 404 weighs, but it feels rather heavy in a good way especially with the Swaro Z8i+ on it. As I have said before, I think it will become my favorite of my 4 Rigby's given it will take anything on this earth up to and including elephant.

It was funny this morning I was looking over a 416 Taylor that is coming to auction and had to go remind myself about its origins, which made me laugh to myself just a bit and think of the 404J. It was google-described as a 1970's cartridge, born of the goal to fit 416 Rigby-like ballistics into a standard action, dispensing with the need for the true magnum length Mauser action. And went on to talk about he success in reaching near Rigby downrange results. I was like hhmmmmm.....ALL of that sounds like the 404J with just a smidge more diameter.

So in 1970's a gent developed a cartridge that would fit same action and perform like the one Jeffery created in 1905.

As for recoil, I have to say that the Rigby stocks, with that chubby-wide silvers pad, and the additional weight of their barrel contour, really does a great job and soaking up felt recoil. I found my 416 BGR more pleasant to shoot than a 375HH Dakota I had at the time. Neither are bad, but was shocked initially at slight the recoil was in comparison to expectations.

 

[Datchew]

Love it