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Kent Porter - Did Rigby build any rifles on Lee Enfield actions?

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15 November 2012, 04:51
loud-n-boomer
Kent Porter - Did Rigby build any rifles on Lee Enfield actions?
Hi Kent.

Did Rigby build any rifles on Lee Enfield actions? If so, I would love to see photos of one or more.

Dave


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15 November 2012, 19:32
John Rigby & Co.
There are lots of entries in the ledgers for Lee Enfield match rifles and even Lee Enfield Sporting Best. The entries for the .275 Rigbys are for Mauser Sporting Best. I'll see if I can't find a picture. Anybody else have one?

Some of the match rifles are "sighted" for 1,000 yards. I even found a "Rigby Officers Lee Enfield Carbine sighted for 1,950 yards with Bayonet."
15 November 2012, 20:47
loud-n-boomer
Thanks, Ken. I have seen quite a few Lee Speeds and a few of the Lee Enfield target rifles, but have yet to see a Lee Enfield done up as a "Best Quality" sporter rifle from one of the U.K./Irish makers. It would be really interesting to see a few.

Dave


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16 November 2012, 02:34
PAUL J.A.
ive never seen one ,but i have seen a rigby/stocked on a springfield ...paul
16 November 2012, 21:11
Dago Red
Paul,

I would love to see pics of a Springfield stocked by Rigby if anybody has some to post.

Red


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17 November 2012, 02:08
PAUL J.A.
i seen it at auction maybe holts or gavin gardner few years back,,mike petrov has a springfield by either gibbs or jeffery ,i forgot ,,the rigby if i remember was stocked and regulated by rigby ...paul
23 November 2012, 10:40
eagle27
Here are a couple of photos of a Rigby Lee Enfield 303 Sporter that was for sale sometime ago on our auction site.