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Built with blued steel chopperlump barrels featuring a doll’s head
screw grip third fastener, a matted ramped beaded blade fore sight, a
sling swivel on the under rib, a single standing express sight with gold
triangle regulated at 100 yards on the raised rear quarter rib which is
signed “John Rigby & Co. 43 Sackville St. London.”, and chambers with
automatic ejectors. The rifle displays attractive light scroll engraving at
the breech and on the doll’s head rib extension, “.577 BORE BIG GAME
RIFLE” and “FOR 3” CORDITE CARTRIDGES BULLET 750 GRS.” on the left
and right barrels respectively, and period London nitro proof marks on
the flats calling again for a 750 grain bullet and 100 grains of cordite.
The barrels are fitted to the massive casehardened sidelock action
with nicely carved leaf fences and Rigby’s classic dipped edge
lockplates with their house engraving pattern surrounding “John
Rigby & Co.” signatures on either lockplate before continuing onto the
trigger guard, upper tang, and blued toplever and lower tang. The
rifle features bushed firing pins, gold centerlined cocking indicators
on either lockplate, double triggers, and a tang mounted automatic
safety with gold inlaid “SAFE” indicator.