Rigby scope mounting issues

[spike.t]

Jeez if you can afford to buy a new rigby .....just put the correct mounts....me I would have it fitted with claw mounts..my favourite type.... very fast on and off....no pissing around with levers etc....

 

[Jack Stevens]

I have re read this thread a few times and I confess I’m a bit confused.
The QD system Rigby and Mauser use for the DSB rifles is a tired and true system. You can get the mounts for 500ish in the US. From my experience mounting the scope is fairly straightforward.
Drilling a tapping this rifle would be the wrong decision. The rifle is built around using that QD system and I think the Talley mounts would probably not even work.

I would recommend buying the right mounts mounts, keeping the rifle as it was intended and have a rifle you can use for the rest of your life. And if you decide to move it along it will still have its value. The four little wholes could nock 5k if not more off its value.

This. …. No kidding.

If his local ‘smiff is a budget-conscious dude named Bubba McFuddley, you can be assured that his D&T work will substantially de-value a $40K rifle. Might as well take a ball-peen hammer to the receiver.