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Rigby Celebrates 250

A short film by Marc Newton

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Issues & Events|December 2025

As we appraoch the end of 2025, what for us might just have to be acknowledged as the most spectacular event of the year deserves a retrospective.

Rigby's celebrations of 250 years since the firm's founding in Dublin set a new standard for the gun trade. Nothing comes close in living memory.

Three nights of VIP dinners in the cabin of Admiral Lord Nelson on his flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar, HMS Victory, followed by a party for 250 invited guests on board HMS Warrior.

The guest list was stellar, the food, by Mike Robinson's team, superb and the logistics of a very complicated operation planned and executed with military precision by Monty, Rigby's designated driver for the project.

This short film, narrated by Rigby's MD, Marc Newton, encapsulates the evening beautifully.

Rigby Celebration Film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmIk4YjJvJk

Click HERE to watch the film.

 

 

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