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Thank you elkchser!!!
I resisted for a little while......
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Same rifle, they just now put theirs on the shelf.
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"Civilized men are more discourteous than savages because they know they can be impolite without having their skulls split, as a general thing."
Robert E. Howard
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Has anyone found a 160gr. Load they like yet. Mine shoots great with 130gr. Speer fat bases, but it doesn't like my 160gr partition load I shoot in my Whitworth 7x57.
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"You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat- catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family."
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The best shooting load I've found for mine is 50.0 H4831 with 160 Accubond - right around 1 MOA or a bit better.
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Yup
49.6 gr. Reloader19 and 160 gr. Nosler Partitions.
1 DOA 5pt. bull elk 2 230 yds.
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...1 DOA 5pt. bull elk 2 230 yds. Excellent! You didn't waste any time getting it broken in - hope to do same with mine soon...
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Thanks for the information and report. I have a cow elk tag I'm wanting to fill with this rifle(I'm reserving the bull tag for the 300H&H) plus my deer tags. I'm hoping to get to shoot tomorrow if the wind cooperates.
"He is one of the Legion lost."
"You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat- catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family."
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There is one of these sitting on Gunbroker right now, NIB and the bid now stands at $1750. Man, I should have bought three or four when Darrik could get them for $950 each!
"An archer sees how far he can be from a target and still hit it, a bowhunter sees how close he can get before he shoots." It is certainly easy to use that same line of thinking with firearms. -- Unknown
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No way I would sell mine for 1750$. Last year I shot 10 pigs,4 deer, 1 cow elk, and a coyote with mine. I really like this rifle. The 7x57 and 160gr accubond are awesome. I can't wait to take it to Namibia.
"He is one of the Legion lost."
"You care for nothing but shooting, dogs, and rat- catching, and you will be a disgrace to yourself and all your family."
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I have a limited run Lipsay's Ruger African Hawkey in 9.3x62 that I would sell.
It would be a great match to that Rigby
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No way I would sell mine for 1750$. Last year I shot 10 pigs,4 deer, 1 cow elk, and a coyote with mine. I really like this rifle. The 7x57 and 160gr accubond are awesome. I can't wait to take it to Namibia. I got one around here, somewhere, unfired and in the box. If anyone wants to pay $1750 for 'er, just PM me. 
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That's a really nice looking rifle. If I was in the market for another 7mm I'd be tempted. I agree with others here, though, I'd want to see the wood before plunking my money down..
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