John Rigby and Company produced a number of rifles chambered in .275 Rigby (which is what the British called the 7mm Mauser) for British citizens hunting all over the globe. It is similar to the Winchester Model 70’s safety, rather than the military- style safety of the original rifles. I’ve used the 139-grain version from the 7x57 on game from Coues’ deer to caribou, and an extra grain of bullet weight will work at least as well! Tigers can weigh over 500 pounds, which would seem to recommend the 175-grain load, but Corbett apparently preferred the 140-grain version of the .275 due to flatter trajectory, even though on one occasion a “soft-nose, nickel-encased, split” bullet failed to penetrate the shoulder of another man-eating tigress that ran off wounded. I bought some and somewhat reproduced the factory ammunition using 139-grain Hornady Spire Points and Hodgdon H-4350 powder. I strongly suspect Bell, Corbett and Taylor would really like the twenty-first-century version of their .275s. John Rigby & Co. Mauser Sporting Best .275 Rigby (7x57mm Mauser). One of the long-time virtues of the 7x57/.275 is plenty of “killing power” combined with light recoil in a light rifle – something all three famous .275 fans mention in their books. GMX load, consistently sub-m.o.a. My eyes aren’t so young anymore, but I still shoot a lot with iron sights so am usually able to group three shots with a rifle’s preferred ammunition into less than 2 inches at 100 yards, even with much cruder sights than the Rigby’s. The 7x57 is a true world-wide cartridge. However, if shooters might desire a little shorter LOP straight from the factory, there’s also a “ladies” model with a 137⁄8 LOP and “a rounded recoil pad with ladies’ toe.” This twenty-first-century version, however, is not listed as lighter than the standard, probably because barrel length is 22 inches for both standard and ladies’ models, not the 23.5 or 21 inches for the originals. He used the 175 grain FMJ bullet for brain shots, and liked the .275 Rigby (as he called the 7x57) for its accuracy and low recoil and report. During testing of the sight regulation, I was assisted by friend Jay Rightnour, partly because I do most of my shorter-range testing on his personal range and he happened to be there that afternoon. The catalog illustrations for both rifles are identical, along with their other listed features: “Pistol Hand Sporting Stock” with a 23.5-inch barrel and a weight of about 7.5 pounds. Also, the Highland Stalker had very little recoil—one of the often overlooked features of the .275 Rigby/7x57 Mauser—and that trigger was a dream from the bench. Designed by Peter Paul Mauser in 1892 to serve in the military, the 7x57 Mauser showed the American soldiers what a cartridge should be on the slopes of Cubas San Juan Hill, and inspired the development of our own revered .30-06 Springfield. Historically minded hunters do not always desire the latest high-tech rifle advancements, one reason for the thriving retro-market for new but traditionally styled rifles. Ammunition is manufactured and sold in Europe, Africa, North America and most John’s friend Jay Rightnour was very impressed with the Highland Stalker. Bell, perhaps the most famous of all African commercial ivory hunters, killed the majority of his over 1000 elephants with the 7x57. In Great Britain the 7x57 became so popular that the John Rigby Company adopted it as the .275 Rigby. The original cartridge featured a long, 11.2-gram (173 gr) round-nose, full-metal-jacketed bullet with a muzzle velocity of about 700 m/s (2,300 ft/s) with 2,744 J (2,024 ft⋅lbf) muzzle energy from a 740 mm (29.1 in) barreled rifle. The three-leaf rear sight closely resembles the original model. In 2017, Rigby introduced its Highland Stalker rifle, a somewhat modernized version of the No. John Rigby and Co. adopted the cartridge—rebranding it the .275 Rigby—and with it many hunters around the globe faced the largest and most dangerous creatures that ever walked. . The 7x57 is a well balanced and well designed cartridge for which a number of medium burning rate rifle powders are appropriate. Furthermore, you can always go ahead and get an applied ballistics meter to make the experience much more enjoyable. In the table below rifle weight is given in pounds, free recoil energy is given in foot pounds, and free recoil velocity is given in feet-per-second. Here are some 7x57 specifications that should be of interest to reloaders: bullet diameter .284", maximum COL 3.065", maximum case length 2.235", MAP 46,000 cup. particularly suitable for a lady or youth.” All three .275 rifles were built on 1898 actions from the Mauser Werke in Oberndorf, like other Rigby bolt actions. Ruger has been doing runs of handsome .275 Rigby marked hunting rifles, and the .275 Rigby is nothing more than a 7x57 with a catchy Irish name used for marketing it to the Empire. Many other countries soon followed Germany’s lead, including America’s military; in 1906, the U.S. Army changed the original 220-grain roundnose bullet loaded in the 1903 Springfield to a 150-grain spitzer. The 7x57 was developed by the famous German firm of Mauser in 1892, and adopted by the Spanish government in 1893. Jay also shoots pretty well with iron sights due to competing in black-powder cartridge silhouette shooting. Early smokeless rifle powders tended to be rather temperature sensitive, especially the long-stranded British powder called cordite. More importantly, the Highland Stalker’s weight meant even a lightweight scope and mounts would add close to another pound. John Taylor, an Irish ivory poacher in the era following Bell, had this to say in his popular 1948 book African Rifles and Cartridges, which is still in print more than 70 years later: Taylor’s book lists the muzzle velocity of the 140-grain load as 2,750 fps. One famous .275 Rigby fan definitely disliked the “hollow tube” 140-grain ammunition, which he called “the copper-pointed” load. The 130-140 grain bullets are generally the best choice for CXP2 class game, while the 150-175 grain bullets get the nod for CXP3 class game. Rigby similarly modernized the .275 for sporting purposes, loading both solid and “expanding” 140-grain spitzer bullets for the No. In 1907, the Rigby company turned the 7x57 Mauser into a British sporting round, calling it the.275 Rigby. The 145 grain Spitzer (BC .457, SD .257) can be driven to 2501 fps by 44.0 grains of H414, and 2748 fps by a maximum load of 48.0 grains of H414. After several days of tracking, Corbett finally finished the job, finding the initial bullet in the shoulder joint. Hornady .275 Rigby brass was handloaded for the range tests. Note the rifle is marked both .275 and 7x57. This is an RC Knipstein Custom in.275 Rigby. Another reason cropped up when I found a test target in the rifle case, fired at 65 yards with the standing leaf and Hornady 140-grain ammunition, the three shots forming a horizontal, overlapping line .38 inch from center to center. Aside from the Mannlicher stock, what really sold Fortier on this rifle is the.275 Rigby stamping. All recoil values have been rounded off to one decimal place. I was fortunate enough to get one of the Ruger 77 Africans in 275 Rigby. These are the standard American low pressure factory loads. Restrict shots at the latter to 200 yards/meters or less. 2 High Velocity rifle (inset). Rigby also claimed, “The difficulty of estimating distances does not exist unless for a shot over 300 yards.” That might be true if muzzle velocity was actually 3,000 fps, but with the smokeless powders then available, actual velocity was probably around 2,700 to 2,800 fps – except, perhaps, on a particularly hot day. My reprint of the 1924 Rigby catalog from Cornell Publications (cornellpubs.com) claims a muzzle velocity of 3,000 fps. The weight for both models is 7.8 pounds, of course varying somewhat with wood density and chambering. Rigby also chambered its No. The bullets were seated just behind the front edge of the cannelure for an overall length of 3.180 inches and an average velocity of 2,681 fps. The violent expansion is probably due to the large hollowpoint necessary to accommodate the tip’s shank. The No. There are a wide variety of 7mm bullets available to the reloader, from around 110 grains to 195 grains. As with the original Rigby, the action is made by Mauser in Germany. (The 7x57 was also known as the .275 Rigby because Mauser supplied bolt actions to British rifle builder Rigby, who sold them under their name and cartridge designation.) At about the same time, at least one other firearms company produced two rifles stamped .275 Rigby, and Hornady introduced .275 Rigby ammunition in its Custom line with 140-grain InterLock Spire Points at a listed 2,680 fps, along with component brass. With the lever all the way to the rear, the firing pin and bolt handle are locked in place. For that reason it was decided to model the Highland Stalker on the look of the original .275 Rigby, which was the ubiquitous rifle of its time. Questionable by today’s standards, ivory hunters such as Karamojo Bell, nevertheless, took thousands of elephant with the.275 Rigby Mauser and similar calibres. Unfortunately, no Hornady .275 Rigby ammunition could be located, whether in local stores that had sold a few .275 rifles, on the Internet or even from Hornady. Among these are H414, H380, H4350, IMR 4064, IMR 4320, IMR 4350, and W760. Furthermore it will have a H&H side mount with a Kahles KXi 3.5-10x50 illuminated 4-dot on top. My oldest edition of Cartridges of the World (1972) states this occurred because Rigby’s  “. The trigger was also changed at this time, with the original adjustable design being dropped. Current ammunition catalogs from PMC, Remington and Federal show loads for the 7x57 The construction of the rifle either reduces or amplifies felt recoil. The original Rigby rifle featured a bolt handle and safety that interfered with low-mounted scopes. . The action is a Remington 700 Deluxe with jeweled bolt. The bolt has also been fitted with a Sako type extractor. This produces a relatively flat trajectory with the soft-­point bullet only dropping 9 inches at 300 yards and 26½-­inch at 400 yards when zeroed at 200. If you see a 0 in the Recoil Velocity column it signifies no data available for that particular load. Rigby also offered a No. ‘Karamoja’ Bell used his .275 Rigby—with 173-grain solids—to take … The 7x57 is a true world-wide cartridge. This created a flurry of .275 interest, and I was able to persuade Rigby to briefly send a Highland Stalker for testing. In the hunting world, it made an immediate transitionas so many military car… 10oz. Note: A full length article about the 7x57 can be found on the Rifle Cartridge Page. Subsequently, several Latin American countries adopted the 7x57, including Mexico. The others are the .308 Winchester, .30-06 and the 8x57 and 9.3x62 Mausers. Oddly, the other famous fan of the .275’s 140-grain load is today widely known as a big-bore boy. It would be logical to assume the shooting took place on an indoor test range, but even so, the group stands as a great testament to shooting skill and, perhaps, young eyes. Its moderate velocity ensures excellent bullet performance, and it does its work with minimal fuss: Little recoil and muzzle blast, yet definitive results on game. 1’s sight-leaves were set for 100, 200 and 300 yards; the No. According to the Speer No. The 7x57mm Mauser, which he called the .275 Rigby, became his favorite elephant cartridge! T… Federal and PMC also load 175 grain RN bullets at a MV of 2440 fps and ME of 2315 ft. lbs. 2 High Velocity rifle (inset). All rights reserved. The rifle features a raised ramp beaded blade front and adjustable rear folding rear notch sights set into a quarter rib machined for Ruger scope rings. Hornady’s Custom load for the .275 Rigby is built around the 140-grain InterLock and gave 1/3 MOA from this Highland Stalker. I also suspect Corbett and Taylor would like the Hornady ammunition, since the InterLock Spire Point is a very reliable big-game bullet, especially at the moderate muzzle velocity of the .275 Rigby. While the run of this particular chambering is over, Lipsey’s is now offering the International in.260 Rem. The Highland Stalker.275 Rigby is a somewhat modernized version of the company’s original No. The 275 Rigby aka 7x57 aka 7mm Mauser aka Spanish Mauser has a bigger case capacity than the 7mm-08 and loaded to similar pressure levels, the 7-08 can not reach the performane levels of the 7x57 et al, especially with the heavier bullets. It will be a working rifle in the rigby style with the famous .275 Rigby cartridge. Cartridge Type: Rifle Height: 2.235" Width: 0.473" Average FPS: 2602 Average Energy: 2255 Average Gr: 150 Recoil: 1.68 Power Rank: 3.9 of 20 The 7x57mm Mauser was designed in 1893 by Paul Mauser and is also known as the 7mm Spanish Mauser, .275 Rigby, along with 7mm Mauser. Armies found the round was accurate at long range with moderate recoil. Wolfe Publishing Company | 2180 Gulfstream Suite A | Prescott, AZ 86301. It has a large rifle primer with a 1:8.66 twist. with 140 grain spitzer bullets (SD .248) at a muzzle velocity (MV) of 2,660 fps and muzzle energy (ME) of 2,199 ft. lbs. It was chambered for the new 7×57mm Mauser cartridge. While these ballistics sound mundane compared to the latest overbore magnum cartridge, the 275 Rigby has proven its worth for over 100 years with mild recoil and real life performance that surpasses it’s “paper ballistics”. 5714, blued finish, stock with semi-pistolgrip and recoil-pad, sling-swivels, barrel with block-mounted open-sights and ramp-mounted bead-foresight, the receiver side-mounted with a Leupold telescopic-sight Weight 8lb. (Hunters from a century ago were far more optimistic about the long-range potential of multi-leaf open sights.). Before the .275, most 7x57 hunting ammunition featured traditional roundnose bullets weighing 170 to 175 grains loaded to a muzzle velocity around 2,300 fps, essentially duplicating the original 173-grain military load. for either the ordinary, or high velocity ammunition,” weighing almost a pound less, “. All of the above loads used Remington cases and CCI 250 primers, and were chronographed in a 22 inch rifle barrel. At the s… He used the 175 grain FMJ bullet for brain shots, and liked the.275 Rigby (as he called the 7x57) for its accuracy and low recoil … Many bolt action rifles built in the UK were so marked. The North American shooter who wants to get maximum utility out of a 7x57 really should be a reloader. . The average three-shot group at 100 yards was around 1.5 inches, which is more than adequate when using open sights for big game. I did not mount a scope for several reasons, the least important being wary of inadvertently scratching a rifle retailing for almost $10,000. I'm thrilled to see Ruger build such a classic, interesting rifle in a market full of synthetic, long-range super guns! This project uses a brand new FZH left hand Mauser 98 action. Many hunters attributed the over-expansion to the separate tip driving down into the bullet, the common theory about the Bronze Point, but slow-motion videos of bullets shot into clear ballistic gelatin show the tips actually drift ahead of the expanding bullet. The test rifle weighed 7 pounds, 13 ounces. The reloader with a strong rifle who loads to about 50,000 cup can do better than most factory loads. Jay and I tried the sights on the abundant rocks scattered across the hillside above his range, using a laser rangefinder to determine distance. Produced by the John Rigby & Sons Company, the Rigby .275 is a takedown rifle: simply lift on the shotgun-style forward release, and the little rifle falls away in two pieces for easy travel. Managing Director was struck in the head by a German 8mm spitzer bullet in the course of [World War I]. "Dear Axel, Your .275 has started and we are in the last stage of the action reshaping and finishing. The military of the Kingdom of Spain adopted the Mauser Model 1893rifle. The .275 Rigby and 7mm Mauser are identical, as Tank explains. Bell disliked the recoil of the heavy big-game calibres and favoured the 7×57 for its mild recoil, accuracy and effectiveness. Under both names the cartridge was used extensively for plains and mountain game in Africa and Asia. A Rifle for the Ages Rigby’s Highland Stalker is not an inexpensive rifle, but it’s one of those pieces that are born with soul. In Europe, Serbia adopted the cartridge, and it became a popular sporting cartridge all over Europe. The standard recoil pad that this rifle comes with looks nice and compliments the rifle’s aesthetics, but it is ridiculously thin and inadequate to reduce the felt recoil unless you’re a masochist. One modern change is the safety. The British firm Rigby, hesitant about adopting a German cartridge, renamed their rifles and ammunition under the designation .275 Rigby (1899). Pushed all the way forward, the rifle is ready to fire. The “Turkish Grade 5 walnut” on the test rifle is simply spectacular. Supported by a factory letter, rifle number 1124 was shipped in 1898 with a 26-inch barrel, “Peep 3 and flush 1-2-300″ sights and is based on a Mauser 98 action with serial number 200. In 1903, however, Germany introduced a modernized military load for the 8x57 – the 7x57’s parent case – with a 152-grain spitzer (pointed) bullet at 2,880 fps, flattening trajectory enormously over the original 2,200 fps, 225-grain roundnose load. The military safety lever operated in a half-circle over the top of the bolt sleeve, the reason the 1924 catalog shows “Rigby’s New Telescope Sight” with very high detachable mounts. Sporting ammunition manufacturers eventually began to produce 140 to 154 grain high velocity soft point loads for the 7mm. “Karamojo” Bell of Africa or James Corbett of India, perhaps the two most famous .275 users. 2 High Velocity rifle. This rifle is a limited edition that was specially manufactured by Ruger for the Dallas Arms Collectors Association. . The 7mm-08 Rem. Few cartridges, in the history of modern firearms, have influenced our shooting world as much as the 7x57mm Mauser. Haven't been this excited about a rifle since I got my Boddington No 1's in 7x57 and 300 H&H. Nearly 119 years later, these specifications remain true. Bell, perhaps the most famous of all African commercial ivory hunters, killed the majority of his over 1000 elephants with the 7x57. these days. InterLock .275 Rigby load, but it loves Hornady’s Superformance 139-gr. Taylor’s opinion of the copper-pointed bullet sounds similar to criticisms of early plastic-tipped bullets, before bullet companies realized how much the tip “enhanced” expansion. With that particular 7mm, Bell shot some 1,000 elephants and plenty of buffalo, lions and similar creatures judged too stout for anything less than a 375 H&H Mag. Winchester loads a 145 grain spitzer to the same MV for a ME of 2279 ft. lbs. . CANVAS TRUNK CASE- TALLEY Q D LEVER BASES & 1" RINGS- OPEN SIGHTS- 97% for sale online. Hornady’s 140-grain factory load ballistics were reproduced with 139-grain Spire Points and 47.0 grains of H-4350 with CCI 200 primers.

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