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Dead is dead, I like using bigger than normal bore rifles on everything. Used to shoot up black bears with 375 & 416’s all the time. Whitetail hunt with 375, heck ya. Africa type rifles are just cool to use, carry, and look at.

Proper rifle. IMO a 416 rigby set up like this is, if you could only have 1, it would be this or something similar. Every time I look in my safe and ask that question….it would be my 416 rigby currently. We should do a thread——show us your 416 rigby. I don’t think a lot of guys realize...

Never had a bad tracker, they are all amazing to me. “Washington” , Gary Duckworth’s tracker at Makore in Zimbabwe is definitely at the top of the heap from my limited africa experience. Once you get to know him and are relatively familiar, they call him “Bones” because his entire life he has...

Any guesses at what this Rigby listing above will go for? 45 bids so far 10 hours to go. I'm thinking 12-14k. It sure is built on the right action, and from the 50's. That would be a good one.

Never liked the guy.

Let me know if you’re interested in selling.

It’s a dandy. Marked “first 425 westley Richards by griffin & howe New York” on the barrel. I’d love to use rhinos but I can’t seem to find anyone in USA distributing them. Going to start with some hawk bullets to be able to shoot it. Hopefully Woodleigh comes back.

Looking for .435 bullets, if anyone has any projectiles and are willing to part with some, please send me a PM Thanks-

Have a look at rizzini or chapuis, lot of value for the money. Guerini is a great gun and company.

Welcome to the double rifle rabbit hole. The Chapuis Iphisi is the best value in the market right now in a 375 double, non flanged, optic ready, traditional look, regulated with Hornady ammo. The Blaser double sure did get a bad rap, kinda like a lead balloon, but sure the dang thing works as...

My personal choice for backpacking and wilderness excursions is a HK45C with Buffalo Bore 250gr super hard cast solids. A good 357 air weight revolver wouldn't be a bad choice either, but not fun to practice with full 357 loads.

Practice shooting from sticks, go hunt buffalo. Hunting buffalo isn’t rocket science, maybe find a different ph too.

I’d be cautious on using very uncommon wildcats in Africa. Mainly because I’ve experienced the loss of my main clothing bag with ammo in it and had to buy ammo there in order to use my rifle. With something like many of these calibers mentioned….you’d be out of luck and using a rental...

Hopefully it keeps working out for you, I will never use one again, have owned and used one a long time ago, and got rid of it. Your experience doesn’t change the fact I know of multiple breaks, and also have had the lead sled discussion with a custom rifle maker some years ago that used to...

That picture in the article to my eye shows that he isn’t using the rear “pocket” on the lead sled for the buttstock, looks to me like he’s shouldering it and using the front adjustments. Everyone’s experience is different. I know of at least 3 broken guns due to the lead sled. If it moves...

This is a fatastic deal on a 416 rigby: https://www.gunsinternational.com/guns-for-sale-online/rifles/kimber-rifles/kimber-african-model-89-cal-416-rigby.cfm?gun_id=102503408

10k would buy a really nice bolt rifle. Don't get me wrong, DR are really cool, and I've gone down that rabbit hole, but unless you are a committed handloader and equally committed to mastering how to shoot it, stick with a bolt gun, spend 8-10 for a really good set-up optics, hunt until you...

Never ever use lead sleds, will certainly ruin a nice wood stock. I’ve had plenty of 375’s without lugs, there isn’t enough recoil imo on a properly bedded 375 to worry about it. Get to the 40’s maybe, 50’s probably best to have some reinforcement in there. The only guns I’ve heard having...

Hard to imagine a better way to spend a day than walking 8-10 miles with a big bore in your hand hunting Buffalo. Never hunted lion or elephant and probably never will, but can imagine it’s about the same.

My initial thought would be to square up a bit more to the rifle, right foot slightly back to be able to rock with the recoil as seen in the video, bend you knees and move with the gun, not against it.. Also, make sure your weak hand is gripping the gun, not the sticks, that allows too much...

VX 3, 1.5-5, or 2.5-8, appropriate for that rifle without looking like a big scope. Hunt hard, get close, I've never "had to" take a shot over 200 yards in Africa

The more I search that seems correct. However, I did find a thread on a ntitro express forum that a guy posted, that in the 1960 Gun Digest, the 500 jeffery was listed among a bunch of other calibers with their original cordite load, and he claims it says 95 gr Cordite. That would seem to make...

Would there be anyone on here that has access to an original 500 jeffery that would be stamped with the original Cordite load charge. Thinking I may try and duplicate it with IMR3031 like I do in double rifles, and see what happens. It has worked for other calibers I have tried but I can't...

The people making the wolf decisions are all the same people that are going to allow the Indians to have gill net fishing back in the great lakes here in Michigan,.....take taxpayer money, plant salmon, steelhead, browns, allow the Indians to kill them all indiscriminately, rinse and repeat...

Or if you want a 375: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1013031043

Here is a whole bunch of everything you'd ever need: https://www.gunbroker.com/item/1025481167

I’m a slinger. I personally can’t imagine not using a sling walking 8-10 miles a day in 100 degree heat. But my ph would not be cool at all with the fashionable muzzle forward shoulder “Africa” carry….he doesn’t like barrels pointed his direction. To get ready for the hunts I do lots of...

I’d go with 375 hh, however I would say it’s a safe bet that the ruger calibers are here to stay.

I love moz, nicely done, excellent dagga boy hunted the right way with correct equipment. Congrats.

That’s the right action to get a 416 in from that era. Looks like a beauty, the search and finding what you are looking for is the funnest part. Enjoy

I leave stuff behind, but I don’t pack extra. I pack as light as possible. If the airlines let us put ammo in with the gun I could go to Africa for two weeks with a gun case and backpack

Rare item, a thing of simplistic beauty.

There are some great classic doubles in the 20-30k range for sale on GI right now. If you can hand load for ammo, wouldn’t hesitate and buy a peice of history. Adds to the whole experience imo.

Double, bolt rifle, farquharson, shotgun, same rules apply to all. Is what it is , follow the same safety rules with all. I use a sling to carry heavy rifles muzzle up for me, fingers turned back on my right hand and under the recoil pad adding a little lift, balance, and support,…can walk all...

470 for sure with the 500 right behind

SEXY

As long as you love it and it works for you,.....we don't matter. As far as I know the main difference in that era of Rigby was the way they joined the barrels.

These are fantastic rifles if they fit you. I had one and I felt it a bit too much LOP for me, and had I shortened it, would not have had the right cheek weld (to high) on the sights. I have a large head and face, when I pushed my face down far enough to get on the sights I determined for me...

Buy a custom made based on Mauser action, by a true craftsman, pay probably less money and never look back. As mentioned previously, the r8 is a masterful machine but completely lacks soul, style, and tradition.

Life or death pinch my pick would be a double.

308 or 30-06 in a properly weighted rifle. I would never show up with a brake on a gun over there. Get him shooting a bolt action 22 LR-ALOT and get rid of that flinch. If you don't do that now, he'll have it forever.

You never know what to believe nowadays,........but one thing's for sure, if I have to keep hearing the adjective "influencer" when referring to some internet weirdo I may just lose my mind. Nothing like a dipshit with a camera.

Dakota, used, pay no more that 6-8 and never look back, worth every penny. That being said you can pick up some really good custom stuff for the same money if you know what to look for.

Optics are a subject that carries with it a lot of opinions. I would agree swaro is at the top of the heap….but a guy into swaro should take a journey down the Schmidt Bender road for a minute before claiming swaro as the best. Both of those brands are absolutely superior in every way, eye...

Wow, I love a big bore but honestly not liking what the numbers are telling me on this bad boy. I have accepted my limit of a 11 lb 500jeffery

Tried and true is good but usually one ph can’t hunt everywhere…..but they all know many of each other. I have one guy in particular I trust completely and if I want to go somewhere he can’t, I ask him to ask around for who is the best where I want to go., at times I’ve asked him about specific...

Go to wild Africa. By wild I don't mean a ranch/property, the money will be a negligible difference in the big picture if you do your homework. You may have to travel a little longer, work harder and suffer more with elements present, but it will be worth it. I'm a big fan of Makore Safaris...

Makore safaris in Mozambique coutada 9. Just took a 31” in October, got close to big ones 2 or 3 times, 27 would be achievable there with a bow, it would take lots of focus and skill. You would want to do bushbuck there with a bow too.

There seems to be a lot of commentary on here about British cars and motorbikes. Can’t speak to the motorbikes but I do currently own a new generation Land Rover d130, and it’s the best car I’ve ever had. Makes American SUV’s seem fragile and lackluster…..jeeps especially, just my opinion. As...