Lot 433S1
A .275 bolt-magazine rifle by J. Rigby & Co., no. 3302/23267
18 May 2017, 14:00 BST
London, KnightsbridgeSold for £2,187.50 inc. premium
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A .275 bolt-magazine rifle by J. Rigby & Co., no. 3302/23267
Flag-safety, the blued Mauser action-body with thumb-recess and charger-guide, receiver-ring engraved Waffenfabrik Mauser A.-G. Oberndorf A/N 1910, the figured stock with semi-pistolgrip and steel butt-plate, sling eyes with leather sling, the barrel engraved John Rigby & Co. 72 St. James's Street, London, Sighted For Rigby's Special High Velocity .275 Bore Cartridge. Pointed Bullet 140 Grains with ramp-mounted bead-foresight and open-sights for 100, 300 and 400 yards, the receiver mounted with a Tasco telescope-sight
Weight 9lb. (including 'scope), 14in. pull (13¾in. stock), 25in. barrel, German nitro proof
Weight 9lb. (including 'scope), 14in. pull (13¾in. stock), 25in. barrel, German nitro proof
Footnotes
The makers have kindly confirmed that the rifle was completed in 1909 for the Marquess of Linlithgow and that it was converted to H.V. cart (High Velocity Cartridges) in June 1923
Victor Alexander John Hope, 2nd Marquess of Linlithgow, K.G., K.T., F.R.S.E., G.C.S.I., G.C.I.E., O.B.E. (1887–1952) was educated at Eton and later became a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
Upon the outbreak of WWI he joined the Lothians and Border Horse before taking command of a Royal Scots battalion, it was during this command he was both mentioned in dispatches and appointed as an Officer of the Order of the British Empire.
Following the war he served as Civil Lord of the Admiralty and later as President of the Navy League. He was also Chairman of both the Medical Research Council and of the Royal Commission on agriculture in India.
In 1936 Linlithgow became Viceroy of India, where he implemented plans for local self-government in the eleven provinces. Over half however were denied such autonomy by their reactionary Princes. The Outbreak of WWII caused widespread civil unrest in India despite Linlithgow's appeals for unity and what became known as the August Offer which contained greater self-determination for the Indian people.
His tenure as Viceroy ended in 1943 and returned to Britain and served as Lord High Commissioner to the Church of Scotland
Please see lot 364