some good detail of stock and metal work can be viewed here:

http://www.feine-jagdwaffen.de....php?id=17,0,0,1,0,0

Ouch! It hurts my eyes to look at those high-mounted scopes and rings on those antique rifles. And express sights too. Hilarious.

I like my antiques of the early American type.
An American developed the first ever breechloading metallic cartridge rifle, a milestone in firearms development.
The USA purchased the rights to it from the American inventor in September 1858, a .69-caliber rimfire.
54 of them were made.
Then the .58 Rimfire ensued, then a .58-cal centerfire.
Finally, the .50-70 Government was our first U.S. Army centerfire rifle from 1866 to 1873.

Nowadays, for me, if it is not a synthetic-stocked, ACCURATE rifle, then it is just a museum piece, or termite food.

Lon Paul is restoring a Rigby for me that is very similar to the one shown in 350 Rigby Mag, but mine's a take-down. Cool rifle.

Biebs, That photo of mine that Trax posted of the 350 Rigby is one of Lon's rifles. J Brown also posted the same photo in straight bolt handles forum. It is a great rifle.

Single Square Bridge mit original RIGBYDIOPTER auf dem Hülsenkopf steht "Rigby .350 Magnum" nummerngleicher Originalschaft eine von nur ganzwenig gebauten 350er Repetierern um 1906 gebaut.

PERFEKTE Schußleistung!!!!

Mein Gott!!!!!

Das ist gut!!!!!

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Originally posted by Biebs:
Lon Paul is restoring a Rigby for me that is very similar to the one shown in 350 Rigby Mag, but mine's a take-down. Cool rifle.

Did you pick up the one Martini & Hagn had a while back?
By the time I finally worked up the stones to buy it, it was already sold...

The std.M98 Type A commercial double Square Bridge-solid left wall,1933 manufacture,
.... seems like a rather rare bird, dont recall seeing one before.

Damn nice Mauser Porn
I need a cigarette after that

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Biebs, That photo of mine that Trax posted of the 350 Rigby is one of Lon's rifles.

Phil, maybe when it's done I'll trade it to you for a Brownie hunt! I saw Lon's bear on his website...you did very well by him on that hunt!

One of Lon's strong suits as a gun builder is that he is also a very experienced hunter who understands what works and what doesn't.

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Originally posted by Trax:
The std.M98 Type A commercial double Square Bridge-solid left wall,1933 manufacture,
.... seems like a rather rare bird, dont recall seeing one before.

This is the one that caught my eye as well. It's the "pick of the litter" of all the nice rifles on the website. I wish I could get the other thumbnail photos of this rifle to open. I have no idea what this rifle would cost, but I'd give a chunk of change to own it.

I wonder why, with all the other photos, there is not a pic of the .416 Rigby receiver ring, where Rigby usually has the caliber engraved. Also, I've never seen a double set trigger on a .416 Rigby before. Odd...

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Because it's not a Rigby!

It's a Mahillon built by August Francotte! This is a Belgian built gun

I have a Mahillon 416 and it is a great gun.
No A-F marks on mine though. I think at one time Mahillon stood on their own but my gun is later than the one on that site.
Speeds book makes no mention of them being in cahoots.
Anyone know for sure?

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Well, being a magnum length action with Mauser serial number from 1925 indicates that it was certainly built in Oberndorf by Mauser. Then stocked, barreled and finished in belgium just as the magnums of Rigby were in England and Hoffmans in the US.
As far as I know, there was no other manufacturer of magnum length '98 actions prewar.
Pre WW1, Mauser and most of FN were both owned by Ludwig Loewe.
I wouldn't say Mauser didn't survive as a company. They have been continually making firearms, if not the original design model '98, right up to today.

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