New .275 Rigby

[BRICKBURN]

and the rains came.....

 

[Hank2211]

and the rains came.....

Actually, it's snowing.

 

[John A Flaws]

I am a big fan of vintage British rifles and I have an original early transitional action 275 John Rigby. I have acquired a few different vintage English guns over the years and they are pleasant in your hands as well as fun to shoot.

 

[pjaln]

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this is a nice rifle , looks like an early rebarreled. 275 high velocity conversion from a 175 grain 7mm , what is the serial number and the mauser number ??

 

[LivingTheDream]

Beautiful rifle! Congratulations!

 

[John A Flaws]

My old Rigby .275 is a four-digit serial number of 12x9.

 

[pjaln]

My old Rigby .275 is a four-digit serial number of 12x9.

do you know its been rebarreld by rigby to 275 hv and that it was originally a 7mm 175 grain ,do you have a printout of the original ledger ? it was built as the front ring states 1898 on a transition action mauser number is most likely very low 2 or 3 digits. not sure how much you dig into this stuff, I know I do

 

[John A Flaws]

No I do not have documentation from Rigby and Co

 

[pjaln]

I collect them , you could call rigby and for about 75 dollars you will receive a document from the ledger stating when the gun was built and for whom , Steve Bignell at rigbys will help with this , the address on your barrel is the later address coupled with the fact its a high velocity that didn't come out till about 1908 means it was rebarreled which is not abad thing I just bought one like it and recently finding this out , its the reason why there isn't a serial number on the barrel as well as the action ,

 

[TOBY458]

@Red Leg , I bet you’re glad you picked yours up when they were still $9k!

 

[Red Leg]

@Red Leg , I bet you’re glad you picked yours up when they were still $9k!

That is a fact!

 

[MS 9x56]

Cheers, bet Corbett wishes he had a scope like that on his rifle!

Since the late Mr. Corbett did much off his hunting at night I doubt he would have had much use for such a scope.

 

[John A Flaws]

The .275 Rigby has a serial number on the bolt handle, which I believe is the last three numbers of the original Mauser serial number. The Rigby serial number is on the bottom of the trigger guard. At some point I will contact Rigby to gain a little information on the rifle.