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Introducing the May Issue
Welcome to The Vintage Gun Journal, your free-to-view monthly magazine for all things British gun and rifle.
May arrived and with it my birthday; my fifty-eighth no less!
The month promises to fly by, with friends arriving from the US and elsewhere for the celebrations marking the 250th Anniversary of Rigby's founding taking place in London and Portsmouth, with a number of events planned from 13th-16th.
The key celebrations aboard HMS Victory and HMS Warrior promise to be spectacular.
The gun markets continue to confound. Prices are low but guns are selling. Holt's, as usual, cleared their catalogue with very good prices realised for classic magazine rifles but shotguns still languishing at prces below those of a decade ago by a margin of about 50%.
One dealer told me he is taking the opportunity to buy good guns for little money and selling them as great value. "The rough shooter can now afford a Purdey" he said. He is right.
Check out Rigby's website if you are interested in the new book by Diggory Hadoke and Marc Newton 'Rigby Resurrection' narrates the transformation the company has undergone these past fifteen years.
Only this first edition of 1,000 numbered copies will ever be printed so order one immediately! They can be dedicated and signed by the authors to individual requests.
