cabelas

I'm guessing it's the British cased necked from to........

One of the barrels is labled with 500 grains, so the bore diameter must be .470. A .416 Rigby necked up to .470? Who'd want that in a rimless cartridge?

analog_peninsula

I think it is a two barrel set, with a set 470NE, and the other most likely 500/416, and I think this is a California Rigby!

If you are really interested, I'd give them a call on the phone, or if you are in a hurry I can drive over to the store and look the rifle over for you!

It's not a very well worded description, but I too think one barrel set is in 470 NE and the second barrel set is in 416 Rigby (rimless).

It's not a CA rigby: "This rifle was built for the Maharaja of Surguja State in 1939."

I remember this gun was on champlins website awhile back.It was built as a 416 rigby,one of only two that were ever built by the british firm.The original barrels were shot smooth and then rebarreled to 470 and another set of 416 rigby barrels were then built.

scroll down on the cabella picture for more pics - the second bbl set is the last one shown

I think new guy is correct, the rifle is an original Rigby of that period and was built for the .416 Rigby cartridge.

I cannot recall just how many such rifles were built by this firm in .416, it was either one or two, the second set of barrels added I don't know when are foe the .470 N.E.

Interestingly for such a well established maker, Rigby never built it first .600 N.E until around 10 years ago.