wow.. I haven't ever actually wanted to boil soap and pour it into my eyes before

http://www.gunsamerica.com/guns/976439062.htm

416 rigby
less than 20" barrel
HUGE (long) muzzle break
NO IRONS



jeffe

It amazes me how anyone can justify that kind of money for a plastic stocked rifle...They simply do not cost that much to produce..There are a lot of good unknown smiths in this country that can duplicate that rifle for a heck of a lot less money....

I can see it on wood, because wood is a piece of art, and many hours of the love of labor go into a proper Custom rifle, but plastic? NEVER.

The one exception may be D'Arcy Echols rifles, but even then I would make him put one of his wood stocks on mine....

It's for "catch and release hunting". If you touch off a .416 Rigby with that short of a bbl and a muzzle brake everything in a 100yd radius will be stunned and unable to move. Take yer picture with the critter and move off before it comes to.



Maybe we need an archive of photos depicting guns that just shouldn't be.

From the way that gun is set up, my guess is it was 'designed' by someone who hunts wounded brown bears in alder thickets.

George

Jeffe,
That was cruel. My psyche is scarred for life. 19.75" without brake! I should have heeded your warning about wanting to wash out your eyes with soap.

Ugly, useless and expensive. Nice optical sight.

It would be a simple matter to rebarrel this rifle, sand blast that grey stuff off, and blue it. If the price drops to $1500, I will consider doing so.

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Originally posted by 500grains:
It would be a simple matter to rebarrel this rifle, sand blast that grey stuff off, and blue it. If the price drops to $1500, I will consider doing so.

The brake would have to go, so I agree on a new barrel, depending on how durable it was I could get used to the gray, no worse than a bare stainless gun in my judgement ( which I don't like either ).

I am in agreement with Ray on this though, I am not about to pay $5000 for a synthetic stocked rifle, drop the price in half, then start deducting for the short barrel and the brake.

Pretty much a waste of a good action in my thoughts.

Jeffe are you out looking for ugly rifles?

schromf,
i wasn't hoggin, i swear... i used "rigby rifle" for my search, to look at pretty english style rifles...

talk about horror!!

jeffe

Here is the flash version of the same idea. And if you take the Kreiger barrel/action work option and all steel bottom metal price is about the same $4700

http://www.weatherby.com/_images/products/rifles/_enlar...dgr_snowcamo_big.jpg

I just vomitted. Give me blued steel and walnut.

I had a thought on this, why not just rebarrel it with a bead blsted stainless barrel. Probably match against the gray, and couldn't look any worse, definately save a dollar or two. First I would need to get the rig for $1000 though.

One Man's BLEK is another Man's OTAY!

I wouldn't want to pay quite that much for that rifle, but because it's a DAKOTA with a lot of extra work done to it, the price isn't too out of hand.
It's a LOT le$$ than the Echols rifle would be and whoever had this one done obviously wasn't concerned with trashing a beautiful piece of tree while killing big animals.
This gun has had high quality items installed or added to it, so the price really isn't so inflated.
Priced out that scope lately? It costs 20% of the what the guy wants for the whole gun!

What I see when I look at it is a well thought out TOOL.

They don't make good enough ear-pro yet for me to consider that pig!

Huh? Whudd-yuh say???!

JW

Quit talking about my damn rifle! If you don't like it then don't buy it!



Just kidding
not mine
Terry

Nice scope. Seriously, that S&B goes for $1,500 new and $1,300 used.

A lesson in how to turn $6400 into $2400 really fast.