Has anyone yet written a definitive book on the maker and his wares?Ĭadet - If you do not have it, Wal Winfer's Vol. Mine retains its original Damascus barrels and 500 No2 Exp chambering, built in 1891 it has a patent use number fewer than 100 higher than your. There is something a bit special about the AH hammerless underlever. Just a hunch: They may have been built at the end of the BP era with BP chamberings and proofing out of Damascus and shortly after have had fluid steel, nitro proof barrels retro-fitted to keep them in service as BP became obsolete? "a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V Londonĥ77 Barrel marked - Regulated For Black Powder Equivalent Charge - Cordite 75 Grains & Bullet 650 Grainsĥ00 Barrel marked - Regulated for 500 Bore 3 inch Case - 55 Grains Cordite & 440 Grain Nickel Bore Bullet Hear photos of the Rigby Barrels on my Alex Henery Rifles -Both barrels marked - John Rigby & Co. Tell us more about your loads and uses of them. He who lives in the past is doomed to enjoy it. I assume they were rebarreled in the cordite era (?) but one wonders if there was anything in particular that was wrong with the original barrels which would have made them unsuitable for light cordite loads of the day. Hear are two Alex Henery Double Rifles that have been Rebarrled by Rigby - A 577 light nitro & A 500 light nitro - They both have the load info stamped on breach and shoot very well - vintagearms ![]() ***ĭouble Rifles, Single Shots & Combinations
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