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Nice grab Bill!

The grain flow through the wrist is scary, but it seems to have survived for 90+ years. I'll try not to fall down on it.

Nice catch Bill.

Yeah, don't fall on it...

Don't know why anyone would want a bubba'd military assault rifle.......

My oh my how prices have shot up over the last forty odd years.
Had a little look at the catalogue and there was a RIGBY MAUSER MAGNUM ACTION BOLT ACTION RIFLE IN .350 RIGBY MAGNUM and sold for $8,000.
Back in the seventies I had one of these, same date made as well but mine had a Lyman scope on it and I traded a long barrel S/W 44mag for it.
made cases for it out of 375 H/H with the band turned off.

bsteele, I looked at some Hoffman photos, and I think you're correct. John Wright's cheekpieces are this same style. Thanks for the insight. That's a good pedigree.

absolute worst grain flow through the grip. Stockmaker should be ashamed.

Hopefully he is having little rest in the afterlife?

Hope you are well James. I do not disagree on the grain flow but I did find your comment humorous seeing that the chap has been dead for decades.
Steve

I think the interesting thing about this topic would be if Bill is okay with sharing what he saw to arrive at a bid that he was "ok" with.

I am not criticizing, but coming from the point of view that I don't perceive the value. I keep thinking things like, how much would I pay for speculation, was there a thought to part it out under some disappointing scenario. I am inclined to cautiously pat Bill on the back and hope it's all that it could be rather thinking it's a great buy. Again, I'm not picking on Bill, I just see this as more interesting than a no brainer acquisiton.

Craig, I don't mind to say how I came to bid as I did, to the extent that I understand it myself. I like good vintage Springfield sporters. I recognized the engraver and concluded his work offset the grain flow issue and then some. I could see the action was an NRA Sporter and that Griffin & Howe had installed their mount and altered the bolt handle to clear my favorite scope, and installed their sling swivels. The metal all looked to be in great condition. I could see that in spite of the stock blank, the stocker knew what he was doing and had to be one of the best from that era.I had made what I thought was my top bid in advance and only happened to log into the live auction as this item was coming up. When I saw it go one step above my earlier bid, and then pause, my finger hit the bid button once. I blame my finger, but don't regret it yet. If it doesn't arrive in one piece, it will be insured. I try to be hard-nosed and rational about bidding, but some pieces can threaten my objectivity. I still feel OK about this one. PS: On second thought, Felix played a role here too. I was struck with his advice about being 80, and acting as if you're already dead. I thought his choice to keep on doing what you enjoy as long as you can made good sense.