Please call us at (240) 347-4883 and we will be happy to speak with you! The dealer said it had been there for quite a while. Bell floored some 800 tuskers with his little 275 Rigby Mauser and 173-grain round-nose bullets. The 7x57mm Mauser was designed in 1893 by Paul Mauser and is also known as the 7mm Spanish Mauser, .275 Rigby, along with 7mm Mauser. Produced by the John Rigby & Sons Company, the Rigby .275 is a takedown rifle: simply lift on the shotgun-style forward release, and the little rifle falls away in two pieces for easy travel. The British firm Rigby, hesitant about adopting a German cartridge, renamed their rifles and ammunition under the designation .275 Rigby (1899). The new Rigby Highland Stalker is patterned after old British stalking rifles, but adapted for scope use. But early dimension data on the two cartridges did have a very minor difference....what I do not recall. <----- Will soon have a 1909 in 275 Rigby … Mine have either been made by Winchester or John Rigby & Son in Pall Mall London. Brad Knapp says: July 6, 2020 at 3:22 AM Well done, Craig. expanding bullets at higher velocity than the old 173 gr. The 7x57, 7mm Mauser and .275 Rigby are the same cartridge. The case is an original design with a rimless, bottleneck type case that fits a .285 inch bullet on a .325 inch neck with a case length of 2.244 inches and overall length of 3.071 inches. No Air Shipments Allowed! Ivory hunter W.D.M. It appeals to a different crowd, and is thus, more limited in its popularity. It was deadly on Africa’s Cape buffalo, hippo, and even elephant. (The British, however, called it the .275 Rigby, probably due to them “owning” so much of the world.) throws flat-nosed, .458” diameter bullets weighing 300 to 405 grains rather slowly (2,000 to 1,300 fps MV at best.) The actual bullet diameters are .264" (6.5mm), .277" (.270) and .284" (7mm). Basically, the 7x57 mauser and 275 Rigby are the same cartridge. ... 7x57 was my first rifle, and it served me very well. Bell used a Rigby-Mauser Model 98 when hunting for ivory. Ruger has been doing runs of handsome .275 Rigby marked hunting rifles, and the .275 Rigby is nothing more than a 7x57 with a catchy Irish name used for marketing it to the Empire. If a short action is all you have then the 7-08 will duplicate what the 7x57 will do and work fine. It will be chambered for the calibre I've always dreamed of owning after reading books by Karamojo Bell and Jim Corbett - the .275 Rigby. A caution. The bore on a .275 Rigby early on was supposed to be .287 as opposed to .284 with the 7x57. loads. Built on a K98 Mauser action, the .275 Rigby cartridge was the British designation for the German 7×57. A cartridge designation with R incorporated in it i.e. He was a good shot though and could brain shoot an elephant from almost any angle. Jan 3, 2008 #1 . Of that total, about 800 were killed using the Rigby-Mauser chambered in .275 Rigby with 173-grain round-nose military ammunition. Wenige Patronen in der Geschichte der modernen Feuerwaffen haben unsere Schießwelt so sehr beeinflusst wie die 7x57 mm Mauser. Rigby didn't develop the round, didn't adopt it first, didn't have any involvement in the development of the rifles and actions used with it and so it's simply not a 'Rigby cartridge', it's the 7x57. His tally of elephants was 1,011. When WDM "Karamojo" Bell wrote about killing something like 800 elephants, many with his .275 Rigby (7x57 Mauser), he helped elevate the 7x57 to legendary status. The caliber is hardly considered a dangerous-game round, but … This has pretty well been hashed over, but the .275 Rigby was the 7X57 loaded with a 140 gr. Products listed on our website are in stock and ready to ship. Curiously, Hornady offers 7x57 mm Mauser factory loads headstamped as both 7x57 mm and .275 Rigby—two of the many names by which the cartridge has been known. There are quite a few "fine" guns made in 275 Rigby AKA 7x57 But production guns not so much. The 7x57, referred to as the 275 Rigby by the Brits, proved up to the task. Bell used 173-grain FMJ bullets, and with a sectional density of .306, this cartridge was capable of impressive penetration despite its modest velocity. I'm having a CZ 550 action fitted with a … 7x57R will be a rimmed version generally for use in break-action rifles and combination guns or drillings. I would say the 308 is a better overall round (we are splitting hairs here though). And, of course, factory 7×57 ammunition, cartridge cases, standard .284-inch projectiles and reloading data can all be used, so I ordered two Superformance 7×57 loads from Hornady and a 175-grain roundnose softpoint and a 140-grain … 275 Rigby 140 gr InterLock® SP Item #8070 | 20/Box . Can anyone tell me if there was point where Rigby starting using Rigby headstamps exclusively, or did they use other makers marked casings continuously as required? He killed the vast majority of 1000+ elephants with the 7x57 under the guise of the 275 Rigby. After the phenomenal response to the commemorative Corbett rifle, Rigby realised there was a demand for vintage-looking rifles. Die 7x57 Mauser, die 1892 von. My goal was simply to see how close I could come to matching the exterior ballistics of the 6.5 Creedmoor—the current darling of the long range and hunting crowd—and hopefully to best it in drop and/or wind drift. Nel calibro .275 Rigby, nuovo nome del 7x57, è camerata questa carabina che risale a quell’epoca d’oro dell’archibugeria britannica che va dal 1880 alla Prima guerra mondiale. Ammunition ships only via UPS or FedEx Ground. Jim Corbett used his for leopards and tigers over bait, but went to a .450/400 (if I remember correctly) for stalking man eaters. Re: 7x57 & 275 Rigby [ Re: huffmanite ] #8750415 04/05/14 I recently picked up this box of Rigby 275, and was a little disappointed by the Roth headstamped rounds inside. The 7×57 almost immediately became a popular sporting cartridge, and in the first half of the 20th century was probably chambered by every major sporting rifle manufacturer in the world. The .275 Rigby (7×57) is an exceptionally versatile cartridge that seems effective far beyond what its paper ballistics might suggest. I guess the 7x57 would be the nostalgic choice the the 308 the modern choice. Well, its marked this, but .275 Rigby sounds much more exotic: I had no intention of buying such a thing. The 7x57mm Mauser, which he called the .275 Rigby, became his favorite elephant cartridge! I would go with a long action for the 7x57. He aimed for the brain and usually hit it. I laid it away on an impulse. By the 1920’s the 7x57 had been adopted by both British and American rifle and ammunition manufacturers. In .275 Rigby (7x57), this rifle proved accurate. This has been true since the days of Bell and Corbett, and remains true today. (Photo by Michael Anschuetz) The traditionalist side of me screams that a stalking rifle should be stocked in good wood. We are more than happy to discuss bullet performance relating to 275 Rigby ammunition and bullet selection for your rifle. 9 responses. I bought both rifles on the spot for my godson, Mark.” Bob was referring to my son Mark, who was 4 years old at the time. We have a wide collection of quality ammunition for handgun ammo, rifle ammo, shotgun ammo & rimfire ammo, including a full line of 275 Rigby. Going into a store to get ammo you will have more 308 offerings. Honestly, I'd go 30-06. The practical side says stock material doesn’t matter. Must Be 18 years of age to order! I also got this Kynoch 7X57 box loaded with RWS made rounds: And was wondering about the ‘Mauser’ … 16 0 0. John Rigby and Company produced a number of rifles chambered in .275 Rigby (which is what the British called the 7mm Mauser) for British citizens hunting all over the globe. Special deals on 275 Rigby ammo. (The 7x57 was also known as the .275 Rigby because Mauser supplied bolt actions to British rifle builder Rigby, who sold them under their name and cartridge designation.) I would give a slight edge to the mauser for hunting and a slight edge to the 308 for the other 3 categories. With the Hornady Custom.275 Rigby load 140-grain load moving at 2680 fps, it will still retain over 1,000 ft-lbs at the 400-yard mark. 7X57 (.275 Rigby) Discussion in 'Rifle Talk' started by vikram, Jan 3, 2008. I was in one of my usual haunts when that tang safety caught my eye. Muir, I didn't mean it was the swede, just that the 6.5 in various guises was being sold around the British Empire, as was the 7x57 (.275 Rigby). The 175-grain loads have actually received a bit of a boost over the years, with muzzle velocities in excess of 2400 fps, and are as effective, if … Hornady has teamed with Ruger and is now offering a .275 Rigby factory load—a 140-grain softpoint—as well as properly marked virgin cartridge cases. Rigby .275 by Dorleac&Dorleac Q: Can you offer some suggestions regarding handloading for a rifle I'm having built? The rimless 7x57 Mauser head reflects the switch to headspacing on the shoulder and the different extraction mechanics of the Mauser bolt-action repeater. “The .275 Rigby you’re now holding and a double .450/400 by Jeffery. Rigby still makes a couple models available in .275 Rigby and occasionally a used rifle will turn … Supported by a factory letter, rifle number 1124 was shipped in 1898 with a 26-inch barrel, “Peep 3 and flush 1-2-300″ sights and is based on a Mauser 98 action with serial number 200. 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