And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Thursday, April 30, 2020
Rigby .450 Nitro Express Farquharson rifle
Man, look at the length of those rounds! I don't care how big and heavy your Farquharson is, that's gonna kick like a mean ol' mule.
That rifle is a work of art. I would think ammo that rare would be a lot more that $110/20. Hell, I paid $88 for a box of .338 Lapua a couple years ago.
NOT a truck gun. That is meant more for admiration than actually firing. The artisans that have the patience and skill to build that are rare nowadays. Thank you for the photo of it.
I shoot a Ruger #1 (single shot falling block) chambered in .458WINMAG. 500grain bullets provide just plain brutal recoil. I cannot imagine buying such exotic ammunition off the shelf. I load my own.
indeed, will never afford a real one, but I do have a ruger No1 in that action - mine in the manly .303 british, first new rifle chambered in that calibre for 40 years! I imagine the 450 nitro has a bit of a push to it with 500 grain slugs - Ive loaded a few 500 grainers into my 45/70 and it was Nasty! I do 350gn over black powder these days, far more fun. Once you have your 450 nitro brass I imagine it lasts for ever with reloads, so price per broken shoulder comes down a bit! :)
Too bad they had to ruin it with putting that word "SAFE" in there.
ReplyDeleteThat thing is unsafe at any speed. Drop it on a toe, and it'll pinch it off. I wants it.
DeleteDesigned to stop a bull elephant in its tracts with a single round.
ReplyDelete$110 / 20 rounds. what I paid for my first car, and a years worth of gas.
ReplyDeleteHeck, I paid $20 for 1. Needed it for the collection.
DeleteThat rifle is a work of art. I would think ammo that rare would be a lot more that $110/20. Hell, I paid $88 for a box of .338 Lapua a couple years ago.
ReplyDeleteBig medicine!
ReplyDeleteNOT a truck gun. That is meant more for admiration than actually firing. The artisans that have the patience and skill to build that are rare nowadays. Thank you for the photo of it.
ReplyDeleteStill on my wish list. Lovely firearm. True art meets function.
ReplyDeleteI shoot a Ruger #1 (single shot falling block) chambered in .458WINMAG. 500grain bullets provide just plain brutal recoil. I cannot imagine buying such exotic ammunition off the shelf. I load my own.
ReplyDeleteindeed, will never afford a real one, but I do have a ruger No1 in that action - mine in the manly .303 british, first new rifle chambered in that calibre for 40 years! I imagine the 450 nitro has a bit of a push to it with 500 grain slugs - Ive loaded a few 500 grainers into my 45/70 and it was Nasty! I do 350gn over black powder these days, far more fun. Once you have your 450 nitro brass I imagine it lasts for ever with reloads, so price per broken shoulder comes down a bit! :)
ReplyDeleteMy 45/70 is a light sporter built on a Martini action, single shot, far too light for a 500grain round! as Anon said Brutal.
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