I have acquired the following hardware for the LR rifle I am building. �It is supposed to be taken from an original Rigby rifle. �Notice that it has the left side of the breech is rebated from behind the barrel to the tang. �So far I have only been able to find this feature on Whitworth rifles.
 
What I am interested in are close-up pictures of a Rigby or other rifles with this feature so that when I get ready to inlet the barrel and tang, I have an idea of what it's supposed to look like.
 

 

 

 
You will also notice that the buttplate has provisions for attaching a back sight.
 
Dave

Dave,
I build a rigby metford gibbs rifle all by my self.I took the parts from the most known riflemakers from the old days and build these together.It was a lot work.All the parts except for the breech and tang where made from solid steel.Herewith i hope you have an idee how it would look after finish your one.
 
Leon.

Hi Collin,
No, the engraving and the checkering is don by a former worker of the FN factory Leige.
Leon.

Quote from 451kr on Sep 1^st, 2007, 9:25pm:

 
Leon,
I appreciate the pictures and hope mine will look as good when finished. �I am also building mine from scratch and will do everything except for required machining of the tang/breech/barrel. �I have a nice piece of crotch walnut. �I can do the checkering and engraving myself. �English style engraving will be a new challenge, as I build American longrifles. �Here are some that I have done in the past:
http://oldfoxtraders.com/gallery.htm
 
Dave

FWIW,
I had the opportunity to handle 451kr's rifle last weekend - suffice to say he had to wipe off the drool afterwards...  The rifle is just gorgeous, down to the little details.  Unfortunately he is bigger than I am, so I couldn't bully him out of it!  If it shoots as well as it looks, it should do extremely well indeed.  And I know for a fact that he most certainly is capable of putting it to good use, after all he trounced me at the match....