A Timeless Rigby

If it could talk, it's life story would be spellbinding.

The Rigby mystique lives on in this vintage .470 double. It was brought back to a new functional life after it had been abandoned, caked full of rust, and serendipitously discovered in a remote Zambian town.

Today, it speaks with authority in the bush. I have seen it fire a lightning quick right and a left just under the boss of a charging buffalo. It has stood its ground on other life-saving feats - namely on elephants that refused to stop their charge despite all the hollering and avoidance tactics.

In the narrowest sense of defining what a stopping rifle is, it is the genuine article.

I particularly like the cartridge holder that serves as this Rigby's companion.

There's more of the cartridge showing compared to normal big bore ammo carriers (example pictured below). That seemingly minor difference makes practical life-saving sense when having to grab and reload quickly.

It's always in the hands when going anywhere for any length of time on foot, or immediately reachable nearby, in dangerous game country.