The recent topics about the 577 nitro express has made me realize that I have never heard of or seen a Rigby double in that chambering.So to all you experts out there,has Rigby ever built one? By the way I mean English Rigby NOT the Pasos Robles Mexican so called double.

Held a nice sidelock rigby the other day. Damn near 16lbs, too heavy for me.

I've got pics of it I'll try to post

Ed

Thanks 505,that would be very nice,thank you.

I believe that Ross Seyfried had one that he has written about in DGJ

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Originally posted by bradhe:
I believe that Ross Seyfried had one that he has written about in DGJ

Back in the '70's, I had a darn nice Rigby sidelock .577x3". Not as heavy as the one mentioned above I don't think. There were few and far between. If you have a seeial # I'll check and see if it is the one I had. Be a week or so before I am home again. Ross made me some lead bullets from his mold to try.

In the November/Decmber 1998 SCI maganize theres a great write up called A look at the rifles of John Rigby by Eric Wallin. He states according to a David Marx that there was no more that 1000 double rifles made by Rigby between 1898 to 1939 and that counts all calibers. There were mostly .350,.450, and .470.Only "4" Rigbys were built in .577 and none in .600. Lucky to those that own one and tough luck for the ones like me that dont.

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Originally posted by sjr:
Only "4" Rigbys were built in .577 and none in .600.

I am certain a 600 NE Sidelock was built by RIGBY after 1990,
but I don't know if it was during the time the RIGBY firm was
still in ENGLAND.

What a feeding frenzy it would be if a pre-war 577 Rigby were to come on the open market.Thanks guys for the info.

Last year a post war .577 (J. Roberts) sold for north of 130K USD....That the starting point for what a pre-war might go for if ever brought to the open market.

JW