I'm looking at this one, I just wish it was chambered in a Rigby cartridge. What's the opinion of this?

Description:RIGBYS LARGE BORE MAGAZINE, RARE LEFT HANDED MODEL, WITH EXPRESS SITES, IN 458 WIN MAG. EXCELLENT BORE, GOLD ACCENTS, LITE FRECKLING ON BARREL, FINISH FADED IN AREAS ON STOCK, 23 IN.

Interesting, Frank. Whose action is it?

Jeff

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Originally posted by bluefish:
Interesting, Frank. Whose action is it?

Jeff

I was hoping someone on here could tell me more. This is all the information that I have.

Hard to tell from the photo but it looks like a push feed.

Hi Guys,

Its a Mauser Magnum 3000 action manufactured for Mauser by Heym in the late 1970s and used by Rigby for a number of their left hand Rifles.

I have a Rigby from the same period in 375 H&H and I can confirm that that it is a push feed.

Hope that helps

regards

Allan

What ever you pay for it.

A pushfeed Mauser made by Heym? How interesting, thanks for the information, Inswempe.

So if I get it for $500, that's what it's worth?

IMO any .458 WM made by well known maker with so nice wooden stock is worth $500

Frank, you can't buy any LH rifle nowadays, much less one that is worth a darn, for less than $500. I am a lefty, and I do that deal all day, every day!

Interesting rifle. I used to own a Mauser 3000 lefty in 375 H&H and it was a pretty slick rig but a little to light for my tastes. It also had a trigger box that looked like it was made of scrap metal.
If the rifle posted is a 3000 the bolt shroud and bolt release is completely different than the one I owned. This indicates the action received some gunsmithing if in fact it is a 3000.
Found these photos online and this rifle is similar to the one I owned:
http://www.gandermountain.com/...=UF103496173&uf=true

Value? Rigby name means a lot but I would only buy it if I planned on using it because there is little collector value in push feed 458's. I am not convinced it is a Mauser 3000 action without seeing more close up photos.

I have never seen a full featured Rigby rifle for less than $5K. A value of $500 is nuts. I'll take all you can find at five times that each and I'm right handed. There are Rigby collectors out there! I personally think this CRF obsession is over rated but that's a story for another time. I would love to find it's twin in right handed.

If I could get that rifle for $500 I would learn how to shoot left handed!

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So if I get it for $500, that's what it's worth?

I think Frank's quote above is directed at p dog shooter's quote below.

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What ever you pay for it.

Frank if it is not, I, being a fellow lefty, would give you $650.00 for it and pay shipping.

It's listed on an auction in Southern California and I put a link to the auction listing on the Left Handed Forum, below:

http://forums.accuratereloadin...7108194/m/7661099991