Lot Essay
The rifle was completed circa 1938
Details
A .275 MAUSER SPORTING RIFLE BY J. RIGBY, No. 5705, plain blued finish, figured stock with semi-pistolgrip and iron butt-plate, sling-eye, barrel with block-mounted open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight (with hood), the receiver side-mounted with a Nikko Sterling 4X32 telescope, the bolt mounted with a Rigby peepsight
Weight 8lb. 14oz. (with telescope), 14½in. pull, 25in. barrel, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted canvas full-length case
Weight 8lb. 14oz. (with telescope), 14½in. pull, 25in. barrel, nitro proof
In its brass-mounted canvas full-length case