Oldsarge
How about the 9,3x62? Not too big for 90% of the game you can hunt, and in a pinch, big enough for the other 10%.
If I did not have a 9,3x74R double rifle I would have a 9,3x62, even if it was just a bbl for my Blaser [sorry JOHAN]. I have been very happy with the performance of the 9,3 with 286gr. bullets.

Mario

I'd put in a call to Ron Wharton (from Rigby). He was Rigby's head riflesmith for many years. www.bunduki.co.uk I think.

There is a Mauser Centenery 375 in William Evans in London if anyone is intersted.

450 #2,
That is an excellent choice. I currently have a 9.3x62 by Husqvarna on the M96 action. Some day I intend to use it on moose. However, like the .375, how can you have to many 9.3's? On the other hand, how about the 64mm version?

Daga DagaDaga,
I have never ever in my life said a bad word about the 416 Rigby cartridge, I have contended from the get go that it is a great cartridge...

I have abused the great Mauser Mod. 20 action for the 416 Rigby cartridge, and said it is more fitting for a 505 or 500 Jefferys....and that I prefered the 404 and 416 Rem on a standard M-98 for its compactness and less bulk and weight...That is still my choice...other than that I would bloody well love to have the 416 Rigby pictured in the first post..I would grovel in mud and take back all I have said, I would clear my soul and begin all over and never ever mention another Mod. 98 std. action as long as I live...Does this clear up your sick mind...?

One can always change!!

Sarge,

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Originally posted by Oldsarge:
ALF, stop that! I am proud of my healthy blood pressure and you are putting it in jeopardy. Gadzooks, what lovely rifles.

.450 #2
Thanx for the strokes. I happen to own both a 6.5 Mannlicher and an Erma M98. I just haven't decided what to do with the Erma, yet. Let's see now. I have Greener .318, a Parker-Hale .404, the 6.5, and this M98 action. I also have a M70 .300 H&H. Now, dudes (I am a Californian after all) what niche is empty that can be filled with the Mauser?

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How about 375 Rimless Nitro Express-2 1/4" (aka 9.5x57 Mannlicher) as a little brother to your 375 H&H, or maybe a 275 Rigby. I have even been thinking about a 280 Ross (I had one on a Steyr Mannlicher action for a couple of days and, although I had to return it due to a magazine problem, it was a sweet handling rifle).

Jim

Ah, the .275 Rigby (7x57)! My first centerfire rifle was a Ruger M77 in 7x57 and several freezers full of California hawg fell to its mild bark and vicious bite. Clambering for "higher" guns, I eventually sold it (fool that I was) but sometimes in the wee dark hours before dawn, when my back is bothering me and my brain won't shut up . . . I keep going back to it. The 7mm Spanish Mauser is another of those cartridges that "kill better than they ought to" assuming that anyone here still believes in muzzle energy and huge powder charges. 175 gr. of lead and guilding metal with a sectional density of .310 at 2600 fps is just plain lethal on damned near anything. I'm not fool enough to try DG bigger than leopard with it but, as Aagaard pointed out, it's been done many times before simply because that's what the farmer had when the lion showed up near his cattle. An M98 with a barrel marked .275 Rigby, I like that idea! Thanx!

Finally I got the Rigby. I tried the rifle this afternoon and he shot again very well. I checked the serial number: is 5963 ( before I made a mistake). The Rigby official agent in England said me the gun was made in November 1951.

Congratulations Mario!!! You now own a real treasure. Enjoy owning it and shooting it.

-Bob F.

Mario,

Congratulations!!! You are indeed fortunate to own a piece of history that is inextricably tried to the golden age of African hunting.

Good shooting,
Jim

Excellent pics y'all

Now for a dumb question....What's the use/reason for double square bridges if they aren't drilled and tapped for a scope mount? I think they aesthetically pleasing, but is that the only reason for them?

Mike

Anybody??? Anybody???

Mike

They are still using the '98 for the 416

http://www.griffinhowe.com/riflemoreinfo.cfm