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Building a 416 Rigby.
26 February 2011, 16:58
StefanBuilding a 416 Rigby.
I´m in the middle of big bore project! I´m building a 416 Rigby for myselfe, I hope to use it Africa not so far away in the future
The stock is made from a plank, Turkish walnut.
I use a HVA/FN M-98, here shown besides a unmodified HVA action. I have milled out the action both front and rear so the long Rigby cases will fit.
The bottommetal is from a HVA 1600 series. I have cut it and rewelded the pieces making it a drop mag. Not sure how many rounds it will hold, 3 is a minimum I hope for.....
The barrel is a Lothar Walther CrMo. The rifle will have iron sights as well as a Leupold 1,5-5 in quick mounts.
It´s great fun to make a stock from a decent piece of timber, I´s been a few years since I made a stock like this! The stock i ruffly cut from the pistolgrip and back. I will get the bottommetal done now so I can fit it to the stock and start doing the final shapeing of the stock.
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26 February 2011, 19:02
J_ZolaLooks good. Post more pictures when you get a chance.
26 February 2011, 23:11
fla3006Nice stock blank. Rigby on a standard length Mauser, like Harry Selby's? Here's a pic I took of a standard length 416 Rigby for sale by Puglisi at DSC:
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27 February 2011, 00:09
D HumbargerVery nice Stefan. Please keep us posted on the progress. Beautiful blank.
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27 February 2011, 03:26
DavidCLooking good!
Keep the pictures coming...
Best,
Dave
27 February 2011, 11:03
Dago RedThis is always an interesting thing I want to see, rigby's on standard length mausers. This one for sale by Puglisi is interesting, it doesn't have the little half moon cut in the back of the ring that I'd for some reason expected to see. Have any more information on it?
Stefan, what are you having to do if anything to the bolt stop/release? I'm not a gunsmith but love knowing how all of this is done.
Red
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27 February 2011, 18:23
fla3006Red, all I know is it is a Rigby, has an FN style bolt handle, military thumb cut, price was $20K. You might give them a call.
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27 February 2011, 19:18
ColoradoMattWestly Richards USA had a very similar Rigby for sale within the last year. It seemed to used a modified 1909 bottom metal. Price was in the $20K range as well. The feed ramp was cut out about even with the front ring.
Matt
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03 March 2011, 07:38
ColoradoMattThe rifle at Puglisi is the very same one that was at Westley Richards.
Matt
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10 March 2011, 01:28
lawndartI would be interested to see a pictorial of how the bottom metal was modified.
