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What a GRAND! old rifle 
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.....are those plates a stainless steel, or are they nickle plated ? Guess they might be a Nickle Silver,....GTC The plates are ordinary steel that has been blued. You can see the drag lines in the photos. Looking closely at the wear on the wood in that area, one can only begin to imagine how many miles it's traveled in unavoidably dusty, sandy, hands,....easy to see how all the bluing would be gone on the outer radii of those plates now. The Deeley locking latch is perfection in fine metalcraft ! GTC
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Simply awesome. Congrats on such a fine rifle, I hope you went out and bought a lottery ticket.
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Hello GSPfan, thanks for the reply I didn't buy a lottery ticket, ..... yet. 
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Fascinating rifle, but damn they built them with a lot of drop in the stock!
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Hello, Well, over the last 4 days I conducted a shooting test of the Rigby rifle to determine the repeatability of the rifle's take-down feature. The rifle was removed from the case - assembled - scope attached - and fired "one time" with my 140g load. It was then disassembled, scope removed, and returned to the case. I repeated this over the next 4 days - one shot per day. Each time starting from a cold disassembled rifle. I am pleased to say that I would not hesitate to assembly the rifle, attach the scope, and go hunting, (without further sighting) knowing with confidence that I could make kills out to 300 yards. Although the Rigby catalog of 1924 lists 3000 fps for their 140g High Velocity ammo, it must have been fired from a test barrel over 30" long. The MAX load listed is only 2825 fps in my 24" barrel and is a VERY HOT load - and may not be safe in other rifles. ![[Linked Image]](http://buckstix.com/buckpics/rig993.jpg)
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Then it appears you have found your travel rifle, your great-grand children will enjoy it too.
These are my opinions, feel free to disagree.
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buckstix, that's a fine rifle you have there. One of my favorite loads in my 7x57 is 44 grains of 4320 with a 140 Sierra Pro Hunter which gives 2755 fps and good accuracy.
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Hello Joe,
Thanks for the reply.
I also load a 175g Nosler Partition with 4320 powder for 7x57 rifles. I load 41.0g to obtain 2400 fps. A very accurate load.
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Hello hanco, I don't understand your question.
You never pay too much for something, you only buy it too early.
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