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| History | Captain Heaton provides in his 1864 book "Notes on Rifle Shooting" a useful description of the early Rigby match rifle. The early Rigby rifles competed in some of the trials of small-bore rifles held by the NRA(GB) for the rifles to be used in the finals of the Queen's Prize at Wimbledon. In 1865 the Rigby was selected for use; this was the only year 1860-1870 that a rifle other than a Whitworth was selected. In direct response to the success of the Gibbs-Metford rifle with its shallow groove rifling and hardened bullet, Rigby began a program of rebarreling in 1866 and 1867. A description of the later form of rifle can be found in Russell's 1869 book, "Hand Book of Rifle Shooting". Following their 1873 win in the Elcho Shield, Irish riflemen famously challenged the riflemen of America to a competition. This was accepted and commenced a series of long range rifle competitions, the first of which took place at Creedmoor in 1874 in which the Irish team used Rigby muzzle loaders. |
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| Collecting | Rigby Muzzle Loading Rifle |
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Rifle No. 12169 - Match rifle | ||||||||
| Rifle No. 13137 - Match rifle attributed to Lord Elcho | |||||||||
| Rifle No. 14614 - Match rifle Match | |||||||||
| Rifle - Half stocked match rifle with target sights and false muzzle | |||||||||
| Rigby-Banks Falling Block Rifle | |||||||||
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Rifle No. 15651 - Cased match rifle | ||||||||
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