Guns International #: 101666896
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Guns International #: 101666896
Category - Rigby Rifles
- Rifles - English Sporting
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Seller: vette447
Member Since: 6/23/16
First Name: Drew
State:
Oklahoma
Zip: 73034
Country: United States
Phone: (405) 301-5680
Active Listings: 2
Total Listings: 26
Seller Type:Private Seller
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns and accessories.
Payment Methods: Cashier's Check, Money Order, Paypal (add 3.5%)
John Rigby & Co Prewar Mauser Bolt Action Rifle in .275 Rigby - Cased
Description: I am selling a few select rifles out of my personal collection. This one is a very fine and complete example of a prewar John Rigby & Co classic bolt action rifle in the venerable .275 Rigby cartridge (aka 7x57 Mauser). This rifle features an Oberndorf Mauser action with flag safety with “SAFE” in gold and original Rigby peep rear sight. The barrel is 25” featuring two folding leaf express sights and a front gold bead. This rifled is cased with full accessories. The stock is a very nicely figured dark walnut with original rich and warm oil finish and original steel buttplate. The stock also features a traditional English rear sling swivel. Front sling swivel is properly barrel mounted. The rifle comes cased with full suite of accompanying Rigby accessories (including the keys!). The case and accessories are in excellent condition. This rifle was made in 1934 for Capt D. Hignett of the 10th Royal Hussars. Capt Derek Hignett was promoted to Lt Col in 1940 and led a distinguished military career (see below). Rigby Ledger states: Serial No. 5449 Delivered to Capt D. Hignett Sept 13, 1934 Barrel length 25 inches Stock length 14 5/8” inches Weight with 7.5 lbs Peep sight with two folding leaves at 100 and 300 yds and bead gold front LOP is 14-5/8" to the end of the steel buttplate and weight is 7.5 lbs. Overall the rifle is in near new condition showing only some handling marks on the wood (see pics) but having evidently been fired very little. This is one of the nicest and most complete prewar Rigby rifles (with original case and accessories) that I have seen and represents an exceptional example of the classic British game rifle in a wonderful hunting cartridge executed by its namesake British maker. The cost of actual shipping to your FFL will be added to purchase price. I can accept cashier’s checks for payment. Please email me with any questions or wish to see additional pictures. Thanks! Additional Information on Lt Col Derek Hignett (source: in-touch.ukvet/59/59hig.htm): Lieutenant-Colonel Derrick Hignett Lieut-Col Hignett is seen here inspecting troops with the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, and several high-ranking officers. A copy of this historic photograph has been obtained for the Branch from the Royal Hussars Museum in Winchester. During a very full and active life, Lieut-Col Hignett was wartime leader of the elite Phantom Force, joint master of the Fernie Hunt and President of the Market Harborough Branch of the RBL.This year marks the tenth anniversary of the death, at the age of 93, of Lieut-Col Hignett. It is also sixty-one years since the disastrous raid on the French coast at Dieppe in August 1942. Following his leadership of a successful undercover operation in Dieppe some two months earlier, Lieut-Col Hignett foresaw, and warned about, the problems that were to seriously blight the raid. Unfortunately, his advice was not heeded and the ill-conceived operation went ahead with the result that over 4,000 lives, mostly Canadian, were lost out of a force of around 6,000 men. The undercover operation led by Lieut-Col Hignett was planned and undertaken in the utmost secrecy by an elite group of multi-skilled commandos known as the Phantom Force. The Prime Minister, Winston Churchill, explained to Lieut-Col Hignett and his team that, in order to preserve the secrecy, no decorations would be awarded. Their task, to be achieved in a three-day operation, was to gather details of the German military installations in the area. The successful mission included the capture of radar equipment, daringly stolen from under the noses of the German troops. It was characteristic of Lieut-Col Hignett that he did not leave the scene of the operation until all his men were on their way to the ship waiting to take them back to Britain. By a truly amazing coincidence his passage home was aboard a Hunt class destroyer named ‘Fernie’! Born in Staffordshire, Lieut-Col Hignett was educated at Rugby and Sandhurst. He served in Egypt and India after being commissioned in the 10th Hussars in 1920, and, during the thirties, was seconded as adjutant to the Leicestershire Yeomanry. Promotion to the rank of lieutenant-colonel came in 1940. His sporting interests were many and varied. He was a member of the Royal Yacht Squadron, and joint master of the Fernie Hunt, with Sir Harold Wernher from 1935-37, and after the war with Colonel ‘Pen’ Lloyd. He was renowned as a fishing and stalking expert on his Scottish estate, and a supporter of local cricket. A motorist since 1917, he was keenly interested in old cars and owned a Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud. Lieut-Col Hignett, whose wife Alys Gwendoline died in 1966, was a well-known, and much-loved, figure in and around Market Harborough. He was prominent in Leicestershire public affairs, as a JP, deputy lieutenant and then, in 1951/52, as High Sheriff. During the 1980s and early 1990s, he was a popular President of the RBL Market Harborough Branch. SOLD Rifle Caliber: .275 Rigby, 7x57mm Mauser Manufacturer: John Rigby & Co Model: Best Sporting Barrel Length: 25 Condition: Exc Metal Condition: Exc Wood Condition: VG/Exc Bore Condition: Exc |
Guns International #: 101666896
Guns International #: 101666896