275 Rigby High Velocity "special Lightweight rifle"

Just yankin' Noel's chain....she's definitely a beauty that definitely shouldn't be desicrated! Treat her well but let her out every now and then. Fine rifle like that deserves the occasional blood-letting!
 
Mark Dube said:
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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You are just rubbing it in right? Well I do know of a .318 for sale, but it's not quite the deal you snagged:
http://www.westleyrichards.com/gun/used_guns_2_product.php?id=26000
 
liberty said:
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.
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The 275 was also the cartridge that Jim Corbert shot the maneater that was the subject of his book, "the Maneating Leopard of Rudaprayang". Definetly recommended reading for you! I belive that he used a rigby rifle as well! I will have to reread the book and check now!!!

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Noel said:
That 318 would be a geat one for that battery and the 416. Oh boy oh boy!
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Noel - if you go to the WR website you can configure a new rifle to your specs - bolt or SxS. You choose the options and it spits out a price. As you can imagine it is one of those "if you have to ask..." kind of things.:redface:
 
1899 said:
Noel - if you go to the WR website you can configure a new rifle to your specs - bolt or SxS. You choose the options and it spits out a price. As you can imagine it is one of those "if you have to ask..." kind of things.:redface:
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You enjoy teasing me don't you? :p As much as I love them I *think it would still have to be a prewar specimen if I got one.

At 6lb 10oz this one should be the perfect carry weight. My little German Mauser 9,3x57 is 5lb 4oz (w/o breach bolt). But still it could be too much of a good thing when it comes to shooting it. Feels lighter than a few of my 22s!
 
i have gone to auctions, searched the internet ...... built one of my own in that caliber --- and then one day when im sick and away from the computer......... damn
 
Gibbs505 said:
The 275 was also the cartridge that Jim Corbert shot the maneater that was the subject of his book, "the Maneating Leopard of Rudaprayang". Definetly recommended reading for you! I belive that he used a rigby rifle as well! I will have to reread the book and check now!!!
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The .275 was also a rifle he carried quite often - I suppose it was easier to move with in the mountain ranges of Kumaon.

Mark D - Congrats on your find! A very nice rifle and I'm sure you will be highly pleased if that firearm hasn't been abused in the past. My family (in my country of origin) still has three of those and have accounted for many big game during the 60s and 70s. Those iron sights, if "unmolested" would be of excellent quality coupled with a bbl that hasn't been worn out too much.
 
Thank you all for the kind words, I'm still pretty excited about the find.

For the record I've missed some sweethearts too, I specifically remember a Westley Richards 318 Accelerated, and an Army & Navy 303 double rifle, both on the EE here.

Sometimes we win & sometimes...................

I've found an original Rigby cartidge box, but I'd really like to find a cartridge or caseing or even a photo of the headstamp any help would be greatly appreciated, and may even move you up the ever growing list for potential next owner:)

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