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The .416 Rigby / 10.57x73mm is a rifle cartridge designed in 1911 by London based gunmaker John Rigby & Company, for hunting dangerous game. [2] It is the first cartridge to use a bullet of .416 inch (10.57 mm) diameter.
John Rigby & Company (or John Rigby & Co. (Gunmakers) Ltd) is a gunmaking firm founded by John Rigby in 1775 in Dublin. The company was established by the first John Rigby in Dublin, Ireland, apparently in 1775; his grandson, also John, opened a London branch in 1865; and Dublin operations had ceased by February 1897.
Pages in category "John Rigby & Co cartridges" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total. ... .350 Rigby.400/350 Nitro Express.416 Rigby.450 Nitro ...
John Rigby (1829–1916) was the founder of rifle and shotgun maker John Rigby & Company. [1] ... He also designed the .450 3¼-Inch Nitro Express and .416 Rigby. [4]
The .450 Rigby is a rifle cartridge designed in 1994 by John Rigby & Co. for the purpose of hunting large, thick-skinned dangerous African game animals. The cartridge is essentially a .416 Rigby necked up to accept a .458 in (11.6 mm) bullet, although with a higher operating pressure and much of the original taper removed.
In later years Pearson became an enthusiast of bolt action rifles, he used a .350 Rigby, a .404 Jeffery, a .416 Rigby and a .425 Westley Richards, although his favourite was a .375 H&H Magnum he had one custom made by John Rigby & Co. [2] [3] [10]
.416 Ruger.416 Rigby.416 Taylor.416 Remington Magnum.425 Westley Richards.450 Rigby.458 Lott.500 Jeffery.505 Gibbs.22-250 Remington 6.5×55mm 7.62×51mm NATO 7×64mm 7.92×57mm Mauser 9.3×62mm.30-06 Springfield Czech Republic: 1920s Dreyse needle gun: Johann Nikolaus von Dreyse: Acorn-shaped lead bullet in paper cartridge Prussia: 1836 Dutch ...
John Rigby (mathematician) (1933–2014), English mathematician and academic; ... .416 Rigby, a rifle cartridge; John Rigby & Company, a manufacturer of firearms;