Forums Calendar Active Threads
April
S M T W T F S
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
28 29 30
Who's Online Now
7 members (Karl Graebner, Jimmy W, LeFusil, Hammergun, gasgunner, Marks_21), 234 guests, and 3 robots.
Key: Admin, Global Mod, Mod
Forum Statistics
Forums10
Topics38,460
Posts544,999
Members14,409
Most Online1,258
Mar 29th, 2024
Previous Thread
Next Thread
Print Thread
John Rigby .470 Nitro Express double rifle
#54472 08/30/07 02:58 PM
Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 104
Laurel Mountains of Pa
RGS022 Offline OP
Junior Member
OP Offline
RGS022
Junior Member

Joined: Mar 2006
Posts: 104
Laurel Mountains of Pa
Hello,
Anyone have an idea when this rifle was manufactured? The serial # is just above 17000.

Thanks in advance,
Bill

I can't be too bad, my dogs will kiss me.
Re: John Rigby .470 Nitro Express double rifle
RGS022 #54650 08/31/07 06:15 PM
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 111
JBG Offline
Sidelock
Offline
JBG
Sidelock

Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 111
According to the Rigby table in Brown's Book, London Gunmakers, 17250 was 1905, 17,550 was 1910.

1905 would be early for a 470 which was supposed to have been introduced in 1907 by Lang but I'm not sure that's accurate, I've heard it was earlier than 1907.

Is your gun an original 470? it was not unusual for 450 Nitros to be rebored after the India ban. What do the proof marks say?

Link Copied to Clipboard
Forum Rules · Mark All Read Contact Us · Forum Help · doublegunshop.com - home

doublegunshop.com home | Welcome | Sponsors & Advertisers | DoubleGun Rack | Doublegun Book Rack

Order or request info | Other Useful Information

Updated every minute of everyday!

Copyright (c) 1993 - 2024 doublegunshop.com. All rights reserved. doublegunshop.com - Bloomfield, NY 14469. USA These materials are provided by doublegunshop.com as a service to its customers and may be used for informational purposes only. doublegunshop.com assumes no responsibility for errors or omissions in these materials. THESE MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANT-ABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR NON-INFRINGEMENT. doublegunshop.com further does not warrant the accuracy or completeness of the information, text, graphics, links or other items contained within these materials. doublegunshop.com shall not be liable for any special, indirect, incidental, or consequential damages, including without limitation, lost revenues or lost profits, which may result from the use of these materials. doublegunshop.com may make changes to these materials, or to the products described therein, at any time without notice. doublegunshop.com makes no commitment to update the information contained herein. This is a public un-moderated forum participate at your own risk.

Note: The posting of Copyrighted material on this forum is prohibited without prior written consent of the Copyright holder. For specifics on Copyright Law and restrictions refer to: http://www.copyright.gov/laws/ - doublegunshop.com will not monitor nor will they be held liable for copyright violations presented on the BBS which is an open and un-moderated public forum.

Powered by UBB.threads™ PHP Forum Software 7.7.5
(Release build 20201027)
Responsive Width:

PHP: 7.0.33-0+deb9u11+hw1 Page Time: 0.042s Queries: 18 (0.011s) Memory: 0.7893 MB (Peak: 1.8988 MB) Data Comp: Off Server Time: 2024-04-23 14:38:14 UTC
Valid HTML 5 and Valid CSS