Update on My Rigby Rifles

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JJ Perodeau called me today. He easily opened up my Highland Stalker 275 Rigby to easily accept 175 grain bullets. On my 1906 Rigby 450 NE DR he is doing quite a bit of work. 1. While lock up is tight he fixed ejector. 2. He fixed the barrel space for easy loading of shells. 3. He is regulating the barrels with my 480 grain ammo at 2150 FPS

Excited when he is finished to get both guns back. The 275 for PG and the 450 for another elephant!
 
Excellent. It sounds like his backlog has decreased? He got on that quickly.
 
JJ Perodeau called me today. He easily opened up my Highland Stalker 275 Rigby to easily accept 175 grain bullets. On my 1906 Rigby 450 NE DR he is doing quite a bit of work. 1. While lock up is tight he fixed ejector. 2. He fixed the barrel space for easy loading of shells. 3. He is regulating the barrels with my 480 grain ammo at 2150 FPS

Excited when he is finished to get both guns back. The 275 for PG and the 450 for another elephant!

When you say fixed the barrel space, do you mean he increased the angle so that the barrels drop open farther?

And i am surprised a factory 275 will not handle 175gr bullets. In any case, glad you got that sorted out - I ONLY shot 175s in the No. 1 I had and stupidly sold...
 
I would love to see some pics of your 1906 .450 Rigby..
 
Getting ready for Namibia next week. 175 NP’s are shooting perfectly.
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