A FINE .470 D.B. HAMMERLESS SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY J. RIGBY, NO. 17624

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A FINE .470 D.B. HAMMERLESS SIDELOCK EJECTOR RIFLE BY J. RIGBY, NO. 17624
Optional ejector/non-ejector, Rigby-Bissell rising third-bite, automatic safe with stalking-latch, the fences chiselled in relief with stylized acanthus foliage, best bold foliate-scroll engraving, boldly-figured stock with pistolgrip (with silver cap engraved with the Aitken coat-of-arms) and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, the chopper-lump barrels with matt sight-rib and open sights

Weight 11lb. 5½oz, 14 7/8in. pull, 26in. barrels, nitro proof

In its brass-mounted oak and leather case (handle broken)

Maker's records:

Built 1910 for Lord Gerard. Best quality sidelock ejector with toplever and Bissell action .470 calibre. 11lb. 6oz. 14¾in. stock. 26in. barrels

注意事项

VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium Rifles and Pistols, (red labels) with specific exceptions (blue and yellow labels), require a British Firearms Certificate or Export Licence. All are sold 'as found'

拍品专文

Russell B. Aitken said this was the most deadly rifle he ever owned; it was used to shoot the biggest of the big game - Cape buffalo, rhino and elephant

The near world record Cape buffalo in the illustration above is listed in Rowland World's Records of Big Game, 11th edition, 1962, Africa, p. 226

The mounted head has been donated by Irene Aitken to The Camp Fire Club of America