J. Rigby 350

[spike.t]

Lovely......bring it here so I can have a play with it .....I had Paul build me one just as he was selling rigby...last one he made....only shot a Warthog..zebra and kudu with it...but none of them took a step.....traded it for a special 275 he had built....ammo was a problem . I had kynoch ammo Paul had ....if ammo had been easier to get I probably would have kept it....but the 275 is lovely as well....a bell replica made using info from the copies of rigby records Paul has....be nice if rigby could get someone to make the ammunition....maybe another one would be on the horizon then

 

[Luvthunt]

Yes, keep them coming.

 

[AZDAVE]

That is a very nice looking pre war Rigby. Have you reached out to the Rigby historian to get a certificate?

Thank you for sharing.

 

[degoins]

Once again you have caused me to lust, covet and envy. Thanks!

 

[PaulB]

Nothing compares to the rifles and guns made in the pre-war period. Rigby’s in particular. Nice find. I hope you will take it to Africa and shoot something worthy. Maybe a tracking Eland hunt. Or a Kudu during the rut. Baited lion perhaps. I don’t have the rifle, but I do have many ideas about how to use it!

All great ideas. I’ll be in Africa in July. Trying to decide currently which guns to take. Not an easy endeavor

 

[PaulB]

Oh keep them coming, don’t stop

Ok you talked me into it. I’ll do some Hollands next

 

[PaulB]

I am just realizing it has the slide-on sight hood. You don't see that around every corner.

Do you know what year it was made?

Yes I love that it came with the hood.

1921

 

[PaulB]

That is a very nice looking pre war Rigby. Have you reached out to the Rigby historian to get a certificate?

Thank you for sharing.

Yes I have it, I’m Traveling this month, but will get that posted.

 

[Rule 303]

Beautiful rifle. I love the stock timber on that. Plain, good grain flow and not garish like the current stocks. Each to their own.

I read somewhere, many moons ago, that Rigby loaded them back so the trajectory was similar to the 303Brit. No idea if there is any truth in this. I do know that they can be loaded to match the 358Norma mag performance.

Taylor said the 300 grain bullets from his 350 Rigby Magnum penetrated as deep or deeper than a 300 from 375H&H.