Gunsmithing The African: 416 Rigby

[LRI]

Not very tactical, but it was a hoot to fit this one up.

Enjoy,

C.

Dakota 76 Rigby Action
Lilja #5 1:14ROT barrel
McMillan stock

Lots of work on our part. There's almost 200 photos so rather than lock up everyone's computer with downloads, I'll just post the link. The slide show runs in reverse order (least on my computer it does)

Enjoy and have a great weekend.

C.

LongRifles Inc. AFRICAN in 416 Rigby

 

[Glenn]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

It looks amazing Chad!
Great job!

I see you ended up going with a floor plate instead of the magazine.

Glenn

 

[Jmilera]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

Chad I have a Winchester long action post 64 claw extractor and HS stock in 308 norma mag. What caliber would you suggest changing to for African plains game? I would like to have a custom gun done on this action.
Thanks

 

[Rprecision]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

A light gun like that must kick like a MULE in heat

 

[Kells81]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Glenn</div><div class="ubbcode-body">It looks amazing Chad!
Great job!

I see you ended up going with a floor plate instead of the magazine.

Glenn </div></div>


Pretty sure the Magazine was a different project....

 

[petesp]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

Rifle has a mercury tube in the fore end and the stock, am betting it is very manageable.

And yes this is a different Dakota action project than the DBM Dakota Chad was working on.

 

[Papagrizzly]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

Wow! That's what I call a real Rifle builder.

Nice work, Chad!

 

[kraigWY]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Quote:</div><div class="ubbcode-body">A light gun like that must kick like a MULE in heat</div></div>

I built on on a Rem 1917 Enfield Action, makes any mule look like a wimp.

Puppy hurts in any position but standing. Lifts a Lead Slid with two bags of shot right off the bench.

 

[JimT]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

I love the paint on the stock. I think the splatter pattern is my favorite for a hunting rifle. Very impressive work overall.

 

[petesp]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

Got the range report on the 416 today and sounded like the owners loves it, very manageable recoil and accuracy with several different loads never exceeded 3/4 moa @ 100 yards. He is headed to Africa with it end of June.

 

[LRI]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

Thanks for the kind words germs.

I too received a very spirited phone call yesterday. The owner is quite the character.

Rifle sure seems to shoot well. Most Rigby's that I've been around have historically been a "minute of pie plate" or "minute of elephant skull" when it comes to accuracy.

a 3/4" extreme spread is pretty impressive to me. I've not seen that before. Hopefully its not a fluke and something we can continue doing with rifles like this. I sure like building them.

Owner also stated his 280AI that we did for him late last year is also running really well. Not fussy at all when it comes to bullets/powders. That's good! High maintenance guns just suck.

Gotta love Brux barrels! (We do anyway)

C.

 

[eddief]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

VERY nice craftsmanship Chad and crew!

 

[Jmilera]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

chad my winchester action should get there tomorrow dont forget pics brother thanks Joe from laredo!

 

[JGorski]

Re: The African: 416 Rigby

Very nice work Chad, that might work for my project.