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standard length will do they have been built by Jeffery using both magnum or military converted standard

your is built like mine , the only difference is that mine was built without a cheekpiece like as per original spec. this is now a custom order yet it has less bells and whistles

that took in about 70k with the commission , I bid to 25K at first they did not know it was Tony arino Sanchez rifle Malcolm who does the assessing there told me when I was viewing it days before the auction

this is an early Rigby 416 of the new production about 2017 besides not having a 25 1/2 inch barrel with the original step style contour this has a 24"and measure 23 1/4 from the front of the ring , its pretty close to the original with flag safety ,no cheekpiece, single square bridge but the...

yes the 425 and 404 were game ranger rifles they were also able to be produced on standard length mauser actions jeffery did this as well as C&H, some of the westley game ranger rifles did not use the 'clips' or have the signature drop box they were very basic

there were about 189 prewar 416 built some actions were rebuilt again in the 70,s onward but the hunting changed in Africa so the need wasn't there and the mod 70 and its price point with a 458 or 375 was much easier to afford especially for PH,s. today the CZ fills that gap

the older rigbys where built a bit more trim than the new rifles the grip area on most all the new rigbys is thicker to prevent the grip from breaking all the highland stalkers wear a red rubber butt again so the butt gets a bit of padding so not to chip none of the original 7mm. had 1" recoil...

most every pre war British firm had many workers building different parts of the guns they built ,actions were made in Germany as well as barrels actions a rigby exclusive and some say stocking also. so it was a concerted effort to produce rifles in England not matter who the firm was a lot of...

just like it should be

at some point he will write about which gun is the most important in this pic ,it will be a great story guaranteed,,btw a friend mine bought that 350 farq

I been making both raw and boiled linseed oil stain using alkanet root it looks good on rifle stocks

very nice ,what are you using for a finish

correct ive held one at cabelas Hudson mass. they had no idea what it was till I got there

nice work, I take it this is the bottom portion of your new gun cabinet ??

on the left 7mm 175 grain on the right 140 grain 275HV.rigby. notice the bullet is longer and the reason the original rigby 7mm rifles throat was a bit deeper than the 275 chambering ,,they made a lighter bullet and called it 275HV