275 Rigby High Velocity "special Lightweight rifle"

Mark Dube

Mark Dube

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Hello Gentlemen,

I have just acquired my first "Classic" rifle!

Yesterday I knew nearly nothing of "Classic Sporting Mausers", today I fear I have contracted a new affliction.

The rifle is a dainty little thing, it fits and handles like no rifle I have ever handled.

I have learned that it was manufactured in 1929 and that is the "special lightweight" model.

The barrel is inscribed "John Rigby & Co - 43 Sackville St. London"

The receiver is inscribed "Sighted For Rigby's Special High Velocity 275 Bore cartridge Pointed Bullet 140 GRS"

Any other information you can provide would be most appreciated.

Thanks

Mark

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That's a beautiful rifle.

If it's the one from Ellwood Epps, congratulations - you stole it!!!:):)

How much does it weigh?

In case you were wondering, the 'a/N' after Oberndorf stands for 'on the Neckar' - the Neckar being a river in S. Germany.
 
You will never find ammo for it,I will will take it off your hands for a reasonable price
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Nah, don't listen to him as I have plenty of ammo. So tell ya what...you don't really need an old (likely worn out) rifle so I'll generously make you a trade for a nice, newer, shiny Remington .30-06 so you'll be all set up. I'll even include (Weaver) rings, bases and a sparkly (Bushnell) scope :eek: Now, now, no need to thank me...just doing my part to help out a fellow gunnut :D
 
You oughta read Wilfred Thesiger's travel books Danakil Diary and The Marsh Arabs.

Why?

Because his 275 Rigby is by his side all the time.
 
Congrats Mark,
I just logged onto Epps this morning to see what they had and I noticed a Rigby marked "SOLD"
If only I logged in earlier.

Enjoy it, she is a beaut.

JJ
 
SuperCub said:
Let it be known that at this very moment NOEL is eating his heart out. ;)





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I saw it there about a week ago now that you mention it. I have a very short memory. I thought about it but my little Brno and I have been through so much it is no longer worth much to sell due to character and it is an extension of my arm. Could I afford two, I'd have bought it for my boy no questions asked.

Sure am happy it went to a new home. I hope he can resist tapping the receiver!:runaway:
 
Sure am happy it went to a new home. I hope he can resist tapping the receiver!
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Tap the receiver....throw on a Rapid Z 800......replace the stock with a Macmillan and throw on some swivels for a bipod, and a Limbsaver pad and you'll have a hell of a sheep rifle :D
 
The barrel is inscribed "John Rigby & Co - 43 Sackville St. London"

The receiver is inscribed "Sighted For Rigby's Special High Velocity 275 Bore cartridge Pointed Bullet 140 GRS"
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The .275 Rigby is the 7x57 Mauser cartridge and I believe your rifle has leaf rear sights which actually do work at their inscribed ranges with the 140 grain bullet at the velocity of that day.

Any rifle made by John Rigby and Co. would be excellent quality and work done by hand by people who truly understood their trade.

That rifle and cartidge was used by the famed elephant hunter W.D.M "Karamojo" Bell to take hundreds of them in the days of the ivory trade.

The original military loading for the 7x57 Mauser round was a 173 gr. bullets @ 2300 fps which, btw, gave the Americans alot of difficulty during the Spanish American War when they were armed with inferior trapdoor .45/70's.

That rifle imo is an excellent find and an excellent cartidge with much history behind it.
 
sheephunter said:
Tap the receiver....throw on a Rapid Z 800......replace the stock with a Macmillan and throw on some swivels for a bipod, and a Limbsaver pad and you'll have a hell of a sheep rifle :D
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YOU! Off to the principals office for detention.:slap:

That would make a great sheep rifle as is if you were brave enough to take it there. It would make Chadwick proud after he had to use that 404 and irons!:runaway:

Liberty, I could be wrong but the Yankees should have been paking mostly US Krags by that time were they not? I thought they had left the trap doors on the other shore when they left.
 
Liberty, I could be wrong but the Yankees should have been paking mostly US Krags by that time were they not? I thought they had left the trap doors on the other shore when they left
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From the accounts I have read, althought the U.S. military adopted the 30/40 Krag in 1892, most U.S troops were armed with Trapdoors during that conflict.

In fact Trapdoor 45/70 Springfields were still around in State arsenals into the turn of the century.
 
It would make Chadwick proud after he had to use that 404 and irons!
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Actually, the 1936 hunt was the first with a scope for Chadwick. I just happened to get my hands on a typed version of the original Chadwick diary from that fateful hunt. Some very interesting reading for sure!
 
You can all rest assured, there will be no holes drilled in this one (no plastic stocks or bipods either)

Anybody have a vintage shell box &/or brass with "275 rigby" rather than 7x57? I think they would look great a luggage the case with the gun.

OK, so anybody know where I can find a nice 318 Westley Richards to round out the battery??
 
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