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Rigby Marked Mauser Medium Game 30-06 #2770

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:1,750.00 USD Estimated At:3,500.00 - 5,000.00 USD
Rigby Marked Mauser Medium Game 30-06 #2770
Fantastic, engraved custom medium game bolt action sporting rifle chambered in .30-06 Springfield, built utilizing a Mauser standard length action. Rigby has a long history with Mauser, starting in 1897 when he was awarded a 12 year exclusive distributorship to import & distribute all Mauser made rifles, actions, barreled actions & components into the United Kingdom and British Colonies. Configuration: Blued finish, exquisite acanthus scroll engraving with fine stippled background & gold inlayed Kudu bust on the floorplate, 22" tapered barrel with quarter rib fitted with quadruple drop-leaf express sights marked for 100. 200, 300 & 400 yards, raised bead top blade front sight with flip-up hood, bolt mounted adjustable pep sight by A.G. Parker, knurled trigger, three-position safety gold inlayed with "FIRE" & "SAFE", engine turned bolt & extractor, turned down bolt handle with five panel tear drop pattern knurling on the knob, Mauser standard length action with thumb cut, internal box magazine with polished follower & detachable floorplate, and point checkered select walnut pistol grip shoulder stock with horn forend tip, steel trapdoor grip cap & Pachmayer recoil pad. The barrel is engraved "JOHN RIGBY & Co. 43 SACKVILLE ST. LONDON. W." and the receiver ring reads "RIGBY/ MAUSER/ MEDIUM/ GAME". Rifle exhibits nearly all of its original matte blued finish showing a small spot of discoloration of the bolt mounted peep sight with no observed wear. Action is very smooth, the bore is pristine, markings are crisp and the wood stock is fine. Condition is like NRA Perfect. ***C&R Firearm*** [From the Jim Wilkinson Rifle Ranch Collection]