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A .303 DOUBLE-BARREL HAMMERLESS SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY JOHN RIGBY & CO., NO. 16409
Side-lever action, bolted automatic safe, Rigby-Bissell rising third-bite, patent number 1141, patent use number 629, best foliate-scroll engraving, figured walnut stock with pistol-grip and engraved sling stud, chopper-lump barrels with matte sight-rib, open-sight, bead fore-sight, within a lightweight leather case containing some accessoreis
Weight 8lbs. 12oz. (4kgs.), 13¼ inch (33.4 cm.) pull, 26 inch (66 cm.) barrels, black powder proof
The maker's have kindly confirmed the the rifle was completed in 1894
Another side-lever Rigby-Bissell double rifle [No. 16400, patent use number 630], was sold by our London Sporting Guns department, 19 March 1997, lot 175, Property of an International Collector.
Side-lever action, bolted automatic safe, Rigby-Bissell rising third-bite, patent number 1141, patent use number 629, best foliate-scroll engraving, figured walnut stock with pistol-grip and engraved sling stud, chopper-lump barrels with matte sight-rib, open-sight, bead fore-sight, within a lightweight leather case containing some accessoreis
Weight 8lbs. 12oz. (4kgs.), 13¼ inch (33.4 cm.) pull, 26 inch (66 cm.) barrels, black powder proof
The maker's have kindly confirmed the the rifle was completed in 1894
Another side-lever Rigby-Bissell double rifle [No. 16400, patent use number 630], was sold by our London Sporting Guns department, 19 March 1997, lot 175, Property of an International Collector.