My 416 and 450 Rigby barrelled actions are done. Thanks Stuart they are beautiful.




Satterlee magnum mausers with .750 diameter bolts chambered in 416 & 450 Rigby,with Krieger 26 inch barrels,with intergral rib,recoil lug,front and rear sights.
I have a matching 505 Gibbs also in process.
The 416 barreled action weighs 7.10 lbs and the 450 is at 7.60 lbs.

With my very dense turkish blanks I will have the rifles finished at 11 lbs and 11.5 lbs with the 4+1 magazines.

What... no 338 Lapua?
They look beautiful. Who is doing the stocks?

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Originally posted by boom stick:
What... no 338 Lapua?
They look beautiful. Who is doing the stocks?

Thanks! Very happy.

I haven't made that important decision yet.

Very nice indeed.

Very nice.....the 450 Rigby is a "real thumper" and the 416 Rigby is may favorite "all around" Africa rifle.

How long was the wait from order to delivery?

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Originally posted by mrfudd:
How long was the wait from order to delivery?

Delivery was saifactory for me. If interested in obtaining a Satterlee mauser I would contact Stuart. Be advised that my actions and barrells were custom and a work of art by such a gifted gunmaker as Stuart, will take time. Am I pleased? Very much so.

Stuart has sent me many photos,but none has done justice to his fine workmanship. The actions are so smooth,the bolts seem to float as they move and lockup. Like "ball bearings" as I recall somebody said. Thanks very much Stuart.

They are VERY nice. I do like the ribs.

What scope mounting system (if at all)? Smithson?

Cheers, Chris

When are we going to see them in some wood?

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Originally posted by Rockdoc:
They are VERY nice. I do like the ribs.

What scope mounting system (if at all)? Smithson?

Cheers, Chris

For right now my plan is for these to be un-scoped. I have other big bores with scopes,so these will be different.

These are scheduled to go to the stockmaker at the beginning of March. Then for some finish engraving and metalwork,after that rust blue. I hope to have them done later in the year.

Glad someone's getting a .750 bolt 505!Told him in 06 i wanted one.

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Originally posted by MHC_TX:
Very nice.....the 450 Rigby is a "real thumper" and the 416 Rigby is may favorite "all around" Africa rifle.

Yah! "Thumps" on both ends!

Beautiful work.

What triggers do the receivers have in one of your top photos? The one that are not the ones with the Mod 70 type triggers.

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Originally posted by butchlambert:
What triggers do the receivers have in one of your top photos? The one that are not the ones with the Mod 70 type triggers.

...yes Butch they are by Les Castleberry. My 505 Gibbs will have this trigger and tang safety.

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"I just prefer a tang safety and am partial to the Mauser action. I therefore did the required design work and I hand assemble them as needed. They are stainless steel (S30V) and all internal parts hardened.The safety slider would need to be done by whomever does the tang extension work." - Les Castleberry

I would love to have one or two---just fantastic. Doubt he will ever build actions and sell them as stock items.

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Originally posted by Timan:

Stuart,

Those 2 ,lower right look familiar.

Ame i missing something Fast 996????
Have you recieved your barreled actions, or ar they stil by Stuard, since he according to your comment, is showing your actions in his promotion pictures.
If so. Then it is a bit provokative to Stuards other customers that has prepayed, without recieving

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Originally posted by jørgen:
Ame i missing something Fast 996????
Have you recieved your barreled actions, or ar they stil by Stuard, since he according to your comment, is showing your actions in his promotion pictures.
If so. Then it is a bit provokative to Stuards other customers that has prepayed, without recieving

Missing something?

Those barreled actions pictured above are in my bedroom. I suggest you chill out.

Beautiful rifle.

09 Argentine custom
SA bases and safety
Talley
MPI
Lilija
9.3 x 62

I would love to buy an action---with what I have seen posted it will be a face to face transaction with cash only.

Wich action is the one that Trax has prepayed, or is that one sold to somebody else.

I find it werry interesting with such a lot of promotion posting from a source that in other matters refuces to comunicate

Bizarre.........