Show us your Rigby Big Game Rifles

[MS 9x56]

Some great rifles on this thread!

Mine is new to me but potentially one of the first .375 H&H BGs built after the production returned to London.

I have the zeroing targets for the still-fitted Swarovski scope and the iron sights, dated February 2015.

I think these, and proof of course, were the only rounds it had fired since it was made when I got it earlier this year. It has now had ~30 Federal factory rounds loaded with 300 grn Swift A Frames through it and groups as new.

It is sadly not making the trip to SA with me in a couple of days but it will make it to Africa in the next couple of years for sure.

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Gorgeous wood and deep bluing.

 

[Rigby375]

Gorgeous wood and deep bluing.

Thanks! I love fiddleback figuring in general so it was a no brainer.

 

[Wildwillalaska]

Some great rifles on this thread!

Mine is new to me but potentially one of the first .375 H&H BGs built after the production returned to London.

I have the zeroing targets for the still-fitted Swarovski scope and the iron sights, dated February 2015.

I think these, and proof of course, were the only rounds it had fired since it was made when I got it earlier this year. It has now had ~30 Federal factory rounds loaded with 300 grn Swift A Frames through it and groups as new.

It is sadly not making the trip to SA with me in a couple of days but it will make it to Africa in the next couple of years for sure.

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If Rigby rolled the BGR’s out sequentially by serial number, not by caliber batches, think our rifles would have moved through the workbenches around the same time. Mine’s a .416 and serial numbered 19 away from yours if my aging eyes aren’t playing tricks.

 

[RR 314]

If Rigby rolled the BGR’s out sequentially by serial number, not by caliber batches, think our rifles would have moved through the workbenches around the same time. Mine’s a .416 and serial numbered 19 away from yours if my aging eyes aren’t playing tricks.

Mine is 1043x (.416). I assume they were sequential. Even in different chamberings.

 

[Rigby375]

If Rigby rolled the BGR’s out sequentially by serial number, not by caliber batches, think our rifles would have moved through the workbenches around the same time. Mine’s a .416 and serial numbered 19 away from yours if my aging eyes aren’t playing tricks.

Have you owned yours since new?

 

[RR 314]

oops.

 

[Phil Giordano]

I do like that quarter rib on your big game. Unless I'm mistaken, that is not an option anymore on the current BG rifles?

Ahhh, you're right, the quarter rib really is something... I love it.
As far as I know, sadly it's not available anymore...
Nor is the claw mounts

 

[Raven]

Too late to the party maybe, but here's mine. 416, made by Paul Roberts in the late '90s, received from an old family friend, a special gift indeed. I already posted here on AH. It shots very well, and most important, it fits me very well. A dream rifle for sure. Never shot at game yet, hope it will soon.View attachment 683321

A fine rifle is worthy of great trophies.

 

[PCC600]

Maybe I missed someone posting it but does anyone here have the PH version of the Big Game? I’m on the fence on whether to get a Highland Stalker or a Big Game. If I go for the Big Game I was considering the PH.

I think I would like the simpler wood, it reminds me of the vintage guns. I had always thought, and someone from the British gun trade confirmed it that wood used to be much more simple back in the day. Stocks chosen for durability or looks.

You are correct . Best rifles from the past used plainer straighter grained ( but stronger ) wood compared with the high grade offered today . I have a Rigby 450 magnum in their PH model and a Big Game 416 with a higher level of wood and colour case hardening . Both nice rifles but I much prefer the look of the PH .

 

[MS 9x56]

A fine rifle is worthy of great trophies.

A fine rifle begs to be hunted. Scratches and dings be damned. It will take a measure of a man.

 

[Raven]

A fine rifle begs to be hunted. Scratches and dings be damned. It will take a measure of a man.

That's for sure!

 

[R eight]

I spy a Sako Brown bear in there

Yes….in 500 J. She’s soon to be replaced by a 500J barrel for the R8 PH.

 

[Wildwillalaska]

Mine is 1043x (.416). I assume they were sequential. Even in different chamberings.

Have you owned yours since new?

Mine is #1051x. And no, I didn’t own since new, purchased rifle and rings through Griffin & Howe last year, who was consigning it for the original owner.

 

[franzfmdavis]

Maybe I missed someone posting it but does anyone here have the PH version of the Big Game? I’m on the fence on whether to get a Highland Stalker or a Big Game. If I go for the Big Game I was considering the PH.

I think I would like the simpler wood, it reminds me of the vintage guns. I had always thought, and someone from the British gun trade confirmed it that wood used to be much more simple back in the day. Stocks chosen for durability or looks.

For comparison, here is my Big Game (.416 Rigby) above my Highland Stalker (.275 Rigby):

I like the wood on both and appreciate the contrast between them. I think if they were too similar I would dream about having the one I didn't have.

 

[Phil Giordano]

A fine rifle is worthy of great trophies.

Thank you, you're right! Hope to carry it soon on a buffalo hunt...

 

[Rifleman97]

I love the Rigby rifles.... so much so that I have too many. I have a Highland Stalker, used, in very good condition, in .30-06 I am selling. I switched to .275 Rigby and 9.3x62.
If you are in the market.... just saying.

What is the rough price you’d be looking for? Not sure I’m in the market but I don’t know what they go for on the used market.