It was not until the introduction by John Rigby in 1898 of the. Even with the advent of the breechloader and preloaded metallic ammunition in the mid 1800's both rifle format and calibre preferences remained the same. Thick skinned dangerous game would have been tackled with 10, 8 and 4 bores. Small bores for plains game and soft skin dangerous game would have been of. Of particular interest was the dangerous game, the tiger, lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and buffalo.Įarly rifles although of the highest quality were either single or double barrel black powder muzzleloaders built on the flintlock then percussion system. With this expansion came explorers, professional hunters, landed gentry and army officers keen to hunt the game of these exciting new lands. Initially this began with British rule in India, subsequently followed by the rapid colonization of large tracts of Africa particularly after World War One. In the case is a three piece cleaning rod with ebony handle, two "LONDON" marked nickel oilers, a nickel container containing a pull-through barrel cleaner, two firing pins and a blade front sight, a nickel container with screw-on lid, marked "LONDON", bore brush and mop, a box of 20 center fire 577 casings and two RCBS 577 NE die kits.The history of big game hunting and big game rifles really ties in with the expansion of the British Empire. (Gunmakers), Inc." embroidered on the inside of the lid. Complete with an aluminum and plastic Rigby case with blue velvet lining with "EST logo 1735 / John Rigby & Co. There is a sling swivel eye mounted on the under side of the barrels, double triggers, tang mounted automatic safety with gold "SAFE", ejectors and mounted with a multi point checkered walnut beaver tail forearm and pistol grip stock with a lightly engraved metal grip cap with compartment, cheekpiece, solid leather covered recoil pad and sling swivel eye. The box lock action, break lever and trigger guard are engraved with floral scroll designs and the bottom of the action is marked "J. The barrels, break lever and trigger guard are a blue finish and all other metal surfaces are casehardened. The barrel flats are jeweled and are marked with the matching serial number. The rear of the rib is marked ".577NE 3 1/4 IN" and ahead of the rear sight is marked "John Rigby & Co. This rifle features a hooded ramped blade front sight express two folding one standing leaf rear sight graduated to 150 yards on a quarter rib. 577 Nitro express caliber designed for large game such as a Bengal tiger or an East African bush Elephant. This rifle is a Third Quality rifle chambered in the powerful.
was established in the early 19th century and has produced a variety of fine custom made shotguns and rifles from bird guns to big game rifle such as this.
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