Recent content by PaulB

Excellent, good luck on your hunt

Can’t wait to see it

Yes, I was excited to see it was pin-less

Great point Paul.

I’ll post more soon

I don’t trade in such sundries, but thank you for the offer.

“When I close my eyes, this is what I think happened…. The tropical tin case smelled faintly of camphor and dust when it was opened for the last time in India. It was 1919 when the rifle first left the Jeffery shop in England—though no one who carried it in later years ever thought of London...

I’m excited to own it. She’s going to Botswana in Sept

The story I was told is that the original English owner had it built for a Shikari hunt, he then gave it to a friend in Jaipur after years of hunting together. The Indian gentleman then took it to Rhodesia and left it in Africa for future hunts. The story gets lost from there and it ended up...

I was hunting in the Northern Cape of SA last year, I am always asking around and searching for rifles. Often stopping to see ranchers that my PHs know. I spend as much time trying to buy guns as I do hunting. While on this trip I was able to procure the rifle. It took a bit of work to get...

I agree 100%. I would give anything for Shikar hunting to still be a thing!

It is 3”

My W. J. Jeffery sidelock .450/400 double rifle ejector, built in 1919, is a great example of the kind of practical, high-quality British rifle I really appreciate. The sidelock action shows the level of hand craftsmanship that went into these rifles, and the ejectors make it a true working...

This Rigby was completed in 1911 (serial no. 2946). The .400/350 Rigby is a classic example of Rigby’s pre-war sporting rifle at its Edwardian peak.