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Product Details
J. RIGBY & CO.
A FINE .500 JEFFERY SINGLE SQUARE-BRIDGE MAGNUM-ACTION TAKE-DOWN BOLT-MAGAZINE SPORTING RIFLE, serial no. 6884,
23in. stepped nitro barrel engraved in gothic script 'J. RIGBY & CO. LONDON. ENGLAND.', file cut short sight rib with open sights, ramp-mounted bead fore-sight with flip-up moonsight and protecting hood, the breech end mounted with a Docter red dot sight, Ritterbusch Mauser magnum action with solid side wall, the receiver ring gold-inlaid 'RIGBY'S .500 JEFFERY FOR BIG GAME', colour-hardened recoil blocks, large hinged straddle floorplate with bolstered box and push button release with lockwire, gold-inlaid 'CAL. .500 JEFFERY' in a roundel, Ritterbusch trigger, well-figured pistolgrip stock with cheekpiece, colour-hardened steel pistolgrip-cap (with trap gold-inlaid with the Rigby 'double R' trademark, quickly-detachable sling swivels, 14 1/2in. pull including 3/4in. recoil pad, weight 11lb. 1oz.
Provenance: The makers have kindly confirmed that this was the first and only .500 Jeffery calibre rifle made by them during Paul Roberts' ownership of the company.
The rifle was completed in 1997 and comes with sighting targets and an extensive file of letters and photographs from the makers charting the progress of the rifle's construction.
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Estimate £14,000-16,000
S1 - Sold as a Section 1 Firearm under the 1968 Firearms Act