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A classic Rigby .275 updated.
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A classic Rigby .275 updated.
Is calibre choice logical or emotional?
An unusual 16-bore for restoration.
W&J Rigby with distinctive Irish barrels.
Stephen Nash on classical influences.
The earliest days of the British breech-loading game gun.
Better known as the Lee Speed.
Do you know your Screw-grip from your PHV-1?
Aiming at the top of the Market
100 Bath Street
8, Leicester Street
They represent probably the best value in terms of interesting design, complexity of mechanism, difficulty to build and quality.
Updated by Dr. Nicholas Harlow
Rigby & Bissell's co-patent for the vertical bolt of 1879.
Edward Lang guns occasionally appear. Who was he?
Scott's multi-grip patent of 1874
The Giant Grip was obsolete when it was patented.
It doesn't get easier.
A 16-bore by Wilkinson of Pall Mall.
A mystery unsolved.

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The snow held off until early January but made sure that my annual trip to Devon to try and shoot some wild snipe and woodcock, while based at the excellent Arundell Arms in Lifton, was a chilly one.
Old Vesper the vizsla joined me without the other dogs and enjoyed our three days together.
If she was disappointed by my megre contribution to the bag, she disguised it well and picked up other peoples' birds whenever the opportunity arose.
I now have a slight lull in my scedule before I head to SCI in Nashville, where I hope to see a few familiar faces.
As always, thank you for reading the VGJ and I would like to wish all readers a very happy 2026.
