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Those things mess you up. I started having hot flashes and mood swings along with all the old buzzards in church who were going through "the change", not to mention ZERO sex drive. I'd did sell off my magnums and medium bores after that and had a 6CM built. Hmmmm, I wonder if ........  See? I bet you started having warm fuzzy thoughts about the 270 WIN as well.
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Those things mess you up. I started having hot flashes and mood swings along with all the old buzzards in church who were going through "the change", not to mention ZERO sex drive. I'd did sell off my magnums and medium bores after that and had a 6CM built. Hmmmm, I wonder if ........ See? I bet you started having warm fuzzy thoughts about the 270 WIN as well. LOL ..... That would have been a great way to express myself and self identify as a 270 owner.
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If we can quit calling .257 Roberts the .257 Bob .
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275 Rigby (mispelled Rugby and it stuck)
257 Bob (I hate that one for some reason)
270 and the association with the O'Conner fella
6mm Dasher (Santa's cartridge)
7x30 Waters (probably used for fishing)
300 and 338RCM (official cartridges of the Royal Canadian Mounted whatever)
45-70 Govt. (Good enough for government work)
458 Lott (recoils a Lott and probably costs a lott)
50-70 (same as the 45-70 good enough)
Thats about the extent of my vast knowledge of the history on these.
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I'll stick with "Mule Deer" on this fracas.
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Who cares what we call it as long as we all know what we're talking about. Street names change. Addresses change. I didn't have anything to do with the current names so I probably can't gripe if it changes again. I think 275 Rigby is kinda cool, if not nostalgic. All worthy of the 7x57mm
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As long as this thread and others like it continue, the 7x57 is getting promotion so I am fine with that.
It needs to survive and not may walk away from it once they try it. By any name, it really is that good.
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As long as this thread and others like it continue, the 7x57 is getting promotion so I am fine with that.
It needs to survive and not may walk away from it once they try it. By any name, it really is that good. ... Amen...
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.275 Rigby doesn’t bother me in the least. And while I don’t lose any sleep over it, I continually wonder why so many people misspell 6.5 Creedmoor.
Creedmore
Creedmoore
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Can we also stop calling JACK O'CONNOR O'ConnER?
A good principle to guide me through life: “This is all I have come to expect, standard lackluster performance. Trust nothing, believe no one and realize it will only get worse…”
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I'm just pleased that no one has brought up all of the cartridges attributed to Parker Ackley.
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.275 Rigby doesn’t bother me in the least. And while I don’t lose any sleep over it, I continually wonder why so many people misspell 6.5 Creedmoor.
Creedmore
Creedmoore
Etc. I call it the 6.5 CRUDmore. Paul B.
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I fail to see why anything other than bullet diameter was/is ever used in naming cartridges? As in 7mm equals .276" if you run it thru any conversion app. But the .275 Rigby uses a .284" (7.2mm) bullet.
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The 275 Rigby is special we all know it some just don't want to accept it..
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The 275 Rigby is special we all know it some just don't want to accept it.. Sure it's a fine round, but call it correctly, it's .284"
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The 275 Rigby is special we all know it some just don't want to accept it.. Sure it's a fine round, but call it correctly, it's .284" Depends on whether you are referring to bore or groove diameter. Think barrel specification vs. bullet diameter.
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By chance I started rereading the book HUNTER last night, the biography of noted African professional J.A. Hunter, written in the 1950s. He grew up in Scotland but moved to Kenya at age 18, where his first centerfire rifle was an unmodified military Mauser 7x57. But he called it a .275, due to Kenya then being a British colony, so the available ammo was probably British as well.... Well, that's exactly my point. He didn't mention Rigby in the name at all. It was always just the .275. The Rigby name nowhere mentioned or in sight because Rigby had nothing to do with the .275 cartridge - other than they chambered their Rigby-Mauser branded rifles in that caliber. This is what I was talking about in the original post. And the ammo JA Hunter used would have been Kynoch, made in England. Red and yellow, with .275 bore written on the packet. Now we are going round in circles with you guys digging up evidence for my argument. I'll swap sides now to even the sides out
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Sorry to prolong the nightmare....
The book "Original Oberndorf Sporting Rifles" identifies the English designation of the 7x57 as the "Mauser .276", not .275 Rigby or Rigby Mauser. Ludwig Olsen's "Mauser Bolt Rifles" provides the original Oberndorf Mauser sporter specification for the 7x57 rifles. It lists a bore diameter of .276 and a groove diameter of .285. SAAMI cartridge and chamber drawings show a bore diameter of .2755, a groove diameter of .283 and utilizing a bullet diameter of .2845. No idea what specifications that Rigby used for their rifles, but their label seemed to stick.
So for those who remain conflicted, there are options.
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The 275 Rigby is special we all know it some just don't want to accept it.. Sure it's a fine round, but call it correctly, it's .284" Depends on whether you are referring to bore or groove diameter. Think barrel specification vs. bullet diameter. I could care less about bore dimensions, the bullet is what does the job.
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