375 H&H Rigby The Big Game Double Square Bridge Blued Wood

375 H&H Rigby The Big Game Double Square Bridge Blued Wood

A grand tradition meets modern gunmaking talent. As one of the last places in London where guns are “made out back and sold out front” Rigby is extremely proud to have a full-time team of skilled craftsmen in-house. Each of their gunsmiths has worked his way through the ranks from apprentice to master gunmaker. Some members of the team are trained at Rigby when the company was last based in London, and can boast more than 30 years experience. The business John Rigby & Co. itself, was founded in 1775, by John Rigby in Dublin, Ireland. 

Think Big Game. Think Rigby. John Rigby & Co. has rejoined forces with its old German partner, Mauser, to create this modern masterpiece.

History Repeated

A century and more ago, Mauser made barreled bolt-actions for us and shipped them to London, where they were assembled, finished and proofed by Rigby craftsmen. Today, in an echo of halcyon days before the Great War, we have resumed this arrangement with Mauser for our new range of Big Game rifles, making aspirational but affordable rifles for use around the world. In its plant in Isny, Mauser is again building its much-copied but never bettered original Magnum bolt action, which it originally created in 1899 specifically for John Rigby. Today, just as was done a century ago, barrelled actions are supplied by Mauser, then assembled into superb hand-finished rifles by master craftsmen at the Rigby workshop in London. Like the originals, these rifles carry London proof marks. Many aspects of the original rifle, including the much admired and copied extractor and the three-position flag safety, have been retained.

A Modern Classic

These outstanding rifles have classic Rigby design features, plus a robust, ergonomic stock shape with a higher comb for better fit and absorption of recoil. They also feature plasma nitriding on all exposed metal surfaces for a tough but attractive anti-glare and rust-resistant finish. The Rigby express sights have a single fixed V and two folding leaves (sighted for 65, 150 and 250 yards) dovetailed into the quarter-rib. With original pattern engraving, case-hardened recoil bars and a heat-blued extractor, these rifles represent exceptional value and are a benchmark in modern sporting firearms manufacturing.

Double Square Bridge

The Big Game is available exclusively on a double square bridge action and offers professional and sporting hunters a more moderately priced alternative to our London Best custom rifles.

Chambered in .375 H&H, this model features a 24-inch barrel and is ideally suited for use with a telescopic sight. The horizontal Winchester-style safety catch accommodates a variety of scope-mounting systems on the machined action bridges. Unloaded, the rifle weighs 10 pounds, and the length of pull, including the red rubber recoil pad, is 14½ inches.

Specifications

• Calibre: .375 H&H Magnum
• Double Square Bridge
• Barrel length: 24"
• Turkish walnut stock
• Classic three-position flag safety
• Back sight regulated to 65, 150 and 250 yards
• Built on barreled Mauser actions in magnum and standard lengths

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