I love the American pre-war customs by Griffin and Howe, Hoffman Arms, and R.G. Owen and always get excited by new finds. But my Holy Grail would be an original, unmolested John Rigby .416 Rigby made in the 1920s or 1930s. Mike Schwandt sold a fantastic example a couple of years ago but the price was pretty staggering at the time. If the same gun were to come along again, I wouldn't repeat the same mistake.


Shane Robinson
Joplin, MO