I too called and spoke with RJ.
Man, I can't get this idea out of my head.
So much so, today I bought a tang safety Ruger M77RS in '06 so as to have a donor rifle on hand should I decide to go through with it. It's in like new condition, with the bluing 100%.
Both the Pre-war 77 and the Faux Rigby look awesome. What to do
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I know how you feel.
I emailed him two days ago to get a work order started to turn a LH M70 into a faux Rigby, already have an unfinished Supergrade stock coming thanks to a campfire member and ordered some other bits and pieces of hardware - the Skinner peep sight arrived in the mail this afternoon. It will be a while before he is ready for everything but it gets my name in the queue.
Keep looking at that pre-war German design as well and thinking my MRC 1999 6.5x55 would be a perfect candidate for that. As is standard loony practice, whenever you can't decide between two things, get both.
Trying to slow down though to see how the "Rigby" turns out but it's awful hard not to order both at the same time.
