Rigby - The Making Of The Elephant Gun

[@gbarthgwt]

That is one beautiful piece of craftsmanship. No synthetic stocked rifle could ever come close to its majesty then again neither could most wood stocked long guns. Absolutely outstanding and majestic.

[@wayno-ms1gm]

Absolutely Top Drawer Gentlemen unbelievably Excellent Craftsmanship

[@bessiebraveheart]

My life's desire to own and shoot a Rigby big bore rifle. I'm 73 now, and frail. It would probably kill me, but what a way to go.

[@idleonlooker1078]

You want to go out with a bang, huh? 👍

[@snowflakemelter1172]

I used to make them (at Rigby) it's not really fun after the first few shots, it's just a chore, gunsmiths in the factory aren't queuing up to zero or regulate these things in.

[@MegaRiffraff]

👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻😂

[@paulsimmons5726]

Words cannot do this rifle justice. The folks at Rigby are truly on their own plane of craftsmanship; this piece is proof solid. My humble hat tips to all the master craftsman at Rigby!

[@kenvelen1402]

The finest of art . Michelangelo be damned, you British make the finest of rifles, a true love of the craft, the best of artistry.

[@normanhoman7133]

Impressive workmanship and dedication to detail is outstanding.

[@fezzial]

incredible craftsmanship

[@300blk8]

Wow some people are truly talented that is absolutely amazing

[@bigmedicine8042]

That Rigby is par excellence.

[@bjoe74fm]

Rigby fire arms, a breeding ground for nitro express art work, a fantastic look at some of the best carbon steel artists, thanks for the overview and look in on old school crafts men, cheers from Australia, Tune Precision Arms

[@DestroBB]

Absolutely gorgeous. I would have liked to see the bolt handle sculptured as an elephant's trunk, that would have out it into another realm altogether.

[@SpLiC3]

This is on the scale of a Roger Smith watch for absolute purity in craft of any order, absolutely stunning.

[@joelborel288]

ball trap

[@franklinhayes5398]

Absolutely stunning. I’ve owned a custom rifle in .416 rigby but it wasn’t made by rigby. Sold it and I’ve regretted it everyday since.

[@aldosam5317]

Those young masters make us sure this art won't be lost

[@MegaRiffraff]

I finally got a British double rifle , it's old and not a Rigby but I love it ! I Hollis 450 3 1/4 bpe .

[@JaDaCo41]

An amazing piece of work. While I personally prefer something a bit more traditional with polished steel in a fine piece of wood, I can certainly appreciate the spectacular craftsmanship that went into this rifle.

[@martinstiastny7679]

Unique, one of a kind, and memorizing.

[@travislawrence52]

Absolutely gorgeous. I wish the folks behind Cerakote could see this video and make a pattern off it that could hope to achieve some small semblance of the beauty achieved by these masterful craftsman.

[@tomwolak3362]

Unbelievable craftsmanship.The rifle of rifles.

[@doronstauber7285]

That is one fine piece of art.

[@robwestern7702]

Why can't we give our troops such beautiful weapons a true edge to any competition

[@ninjaswordtothehead]

I don't think I could ever even afford to hold one of these works of art. Just seeing one behind glass would be amazing.

[@malcolmfield6677]

Simply amazing!

[@snipper1ie]

The craftsmanship is par excellence. But, that is one gaudy rifle.

[@richardkramer1094]

I have to ask; why do I see flats on the diamonds on the chequering on the grip of the stock? Light reflecting off the top of those diamonds indicate a flat.

[@MrNiceKnife]

What a gorgeous rifle.

[@petervanderbeek9518]

This is art

[@hbahba7777]

So Nice Factory

[@GudduSingh-er3nm]

Nice gun.... What about .333 bore rifle..is this bore still in use..

[@pieterveenders9793]

Did you mean .303? Because I've never heard of .333 before.

[@MrPh30]

.333 Jeffery, is in use some places,not so much as .338 Win Mag and similar. Woodleigh make bullets of correct weight and diameter, 250 and 300 grain soft,solid. Cases are made also, or reform from parent case .404 Jeffery .

[@poppyjones1892]

Whats going on I cant see nothing only hear the audio

[@TheRAMBO9191]

Hard to hear, I would do this video again but no music

[@Babaji-th7tu]

It kills! I ❤️

[@m444ss]

wow!

[@kathireshgun9087]

Great gun

[@jaketodd52]

Surprised you engraved the end of the muzzle as well. Thought the crown is important with regards to accuracy?

[@megan6228]

Yes but when youre target is bigger that a basketball and most shots are at very close distances its not that big of a deal really

[@jaketodd52]

@James Passmore Perhaps you could explain the difference between crown and muzzle for me then James? I was always under the impression that the muzzle is the front end of barrel from which the projectile will exit. Precise machining of the muzzle is CRUCIAL to accuracy, because it is the last point of contact between the barrel and the projectile. Engraving the crown (muzzle) WILL affect accuracy of any rifle.

[@jaketodd52]

I stand corrected James. So I in my original post I shouldn't have used the word "muzzle" in the first sentance, instead I should have referred to the "crown"? However, I standby my original comment where I queried the logic behind extending the engraving to the surface of the crown. Do you agree that this will ultimately influence accuracy of the finished rifle?

[@alifr4088]

It's a very beautiful masterpiece, love that gun! But that leather/skin that wraps the barrel is just not my style though....

[@jb-xc4oh]

I agree, sometimes less is better.

[@vbtktr]

Dream Gun.

[@bengunn3698]

Admire the fine workmanship and good looks of this gun.Leave the elephants alone!

[@samrodian919]

Ben Gunn dead right mate!

[@adamzaidi1748]

Then are you going to donate money to help preserve these animals and also help pay to feed nearby villages as well as fund the security needed to keep poachers away? Also sometimes their populations need regulated because it will have an overall impact on the rest of the elephants due to many reasons. These hunts are extremely regulated and very expensive for a reason.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

@@adamzaidi1748 as if the hunters give a toss about the villages 🤣🤣🤣 they only want to be able to say they killed an elephant, as if it makes them a hero, in reality they just walked up on the beast minding it's own business and executed it.

[@hubertusvenator5838]

@@snowflakemelter1172 I am sixty five years old and I have been hunting big game throughout the past fifty one years. My Portuguese nation started its colonisation of Africa on August 21st of 1415 with our conquest of Ceuta. To us, hunting in Africa is living an imperial patrimony that spans seven centuries. I suppose that you also dislike tauromachy. Read Ortega y Gasset's «Los Toros y la Caza». Hunting is a cultural activity. It's an aristocratic activity.

[@hubertusvenator5838]

That would be like marrying a beautiful girl only to admire her.

[@paulomedeiros6284]

As melhores armas dos cinco big África

[@idleonlooker1078]

Superb!!! (Calibre?)

[@mikek8089]

.450 Rigby

[@shanecoker8566]

Wow is just all I can say.

[@gregorymceaddy8884]

imagine what a Rigby semi auto would shoot like ?

[@kriangsaksrisuk1336]

สวยครับ

[@vryheidvirdieboervolk973]

Beautiful gun, it will be a injustice to not hunt with it . Now if only i was a rich man.....

[@giuseppecangiamila3395]

I would to see an Elephant rifle Rigby Double barrel with Hammer and in caliber 700 or 600 N.E. , but Hammer....this Is my Dreams💘💘💘 tò have got One own my of this romantic but powerful Elephant rifle 😍😍😍

Might have to go to a zoo to bag one, their going fast

[@slappy8941]

"They're" going fast. Unfuck yourself.

[@samrodian919]

Slappy your a rude fucker aren't you? There, perfect English, down to the commas.......

[@guillermocingolani3307]

Rugby utiliza acciones Mauser 98. No pueden superarla

[@angelajohnson6659]

Surprised they're not wearing gloves when they handle one!

[@pim1234]

Great gun, but I think the 'elephant hide' is ugly

[@pietervandenberg7003]

Personally it’s not my taste either but it resembles a elephants skin and that was the goal and it was executed perfectly

[@normanzabala4631]

Telescope attached sir

[@kalomboC]

Did Jaime Holland defect from H & H, Lol

[@bigglesbiggles4999]

Beautiful piece of art ....please never let it be used to kill an elephant, the pachyderm like the gun are so precious

[@idleonlooker1078]

Unfortunately like it or not, the ecological need remains the same. With ever dwindling pockets of natural habitat, all wild specie populations need to be kept within the biomass of each pocket in which they live - otherwise they'd over compete for the finite food available, and starve themselves into extinction. The "conservationists" who lobbied for the 5yr moratorium on elephant hunting in Botswana conclusively proved this fact! Instead of saving the elephant, the hunting ban allowed the elephant population in Botswana to explode from 50 to 130K, causing wholesale destruction of the environment (and the displacement of all other specie populations) as they all over competed for the limited food sources available to survive. Since then the elephant have moved on to crop raiding - thereby killing many people (either through starvation or in attacks on farmers protecting their crops) - and have entered Zimbabwe rampaging, crop raiding and killing many as they go! THAT is the result of so-called "experts" from western socitiies meddling in the internal affairs of a sovereign nation, who had effectively and successfully managed its' game populations for decades beforehand!! IMHO those idiotic and ignorant "conservationists" (spewing their views from an emotional viewpoint - NOT a ecological one!!) should ALL be tried as criminals for the ecosystem that they caused to be destroyed, and for all the subsequent human deaths and destruction that their prejudiced (and proven wrong!) beliefs have caused!! But, to bring this back to point, elephant populations (as with ALL others in Africa) need to be efficiently controlled to a population quota that can be sustained within the overall biomass of each dwindling isolated pocket of habitat in which they live - and this superb Rigby .450 Nitro Express bolt-action can help do just that. 👍

[@453421abcdefg12345]

@@idleonlooker1078 You are absolutely correct! Unfortunately most believe the fiction that they read in the popular press, and after reading the fiction they force government to impose these unwarranted bans on importation, they really should see for themselves the habitat destruction that results from local overpopulation, destruction that causes other species to become locally endangered. Africa with it's uncontrolled population increase is causing the isolation of species that would normally migrate over huge distances and so preserve important areas. Stay safe!

[@idleonlooker1078]

@@453421abcdefg12345 Thanks. People should understand that conservation groups support sustainable hunting because it's well managed, stops poaching and increases wild populations. The WWF Director General, James Leape, stated publicly on DVD: "Hunting species in a sustainable way will continue to be a part of conservation - and should be!" (BBC DVD, 2006, "Planet earth", Episode 14, "Living together"). Using the CAMPFIRE Project, revenue for local needs and conservation projects - the biggest single providers of that revenue being the hunters, NOT conservation groups. Because once you put a price on an animal, it then becomes someone's livelihood and future income. This simple economic driver is the stimulus to then conserve the wildlife (and protect that livelihood) into the future. Once poachers know they'll get the meat free, they then stop poaching and start managing/protecting their local wild specie populations. Wild specie populations are, in fact, a renewable resource. Go and watch "A conservationist's cry", on KZbin, to understand the reality and success in using sustainable hunting as an effective conservation strategy. 👍

[@Jarod-vg9wq]

A many want want to have but is so expensive only the rich can get it.

[@deckiedeckie]

The art of how to take a beautiful object (gun) and change it into an ugly one......

[@staccatoglock]

Buds has it for $2,950 at their Lexington location🤣

[@tigris115]

Imagine if they made it a double rifle and the end of the barrels was made to look like the end of an elephant trunk with the nostrils

[@snowballcorners]

Fancy but is it for shooting an elephant of are you going to impress it into submission?

[@macexpert7247]

Awesome, I hope it remains a silent masterpiece to honor the life of Elephants and not to kill them.

[@pietervandenberg7003]

There is nothing wrong with hunting elephants when it’s done legally, it does not mean you just have a piece of paper that says you’re allowed, a heard is carefully evaluated for bulls that are past there prime, and they are removed from the herd giving younger bulls a chance and in conclusion it diversify’s the gene pool thus elephants are stronger and healthier overall.

[@stevegarnett]

@@pietervandenberg7003 I personally feel that man has no right hunt this majestic animal, in fact none of the cats either. I view trophy hunting in general with a certain amount of embarrassment. I am a meat hunter....you might have guessed

[@johnkertzman3223]

​@@stevegarnettit's one of the holier-than-thou I'm a meat Hunter type of guys! They're the first ones who will stab a another hunter in the back with the first chance they get!

[@stevegarnett]

@@johnkertzman3223 ????????????????? would you like to explain yourself a bit more. I am certainly not holier than though. Just expressing a view. Of course in the modern world that is frowned on. Stabbed in the back?????? Are you on some kind of medication?

[@admiral3849]

i don't think that it looks good with the elephant skin

[@mirokrajnc2546]

Look at "The Ivory Hunter" from Johann Fanzoj. Rigby's gun is a poor imitation of the idea.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

No Rigby gun is a poor imitation, give your brain a wobble.

[@mirokrajnc2546]

trompeter-ritchi.de/_download-pdf/The_Ivory_Hunter_Web.pdf@@snowflakemelter1172 Would you be so kind and look at this. I am judging only from published material. Have never seen the guns. Thank you.

[@mirokrajnc2546]

@@snowflakemelter1172 Dear Sir! Please look at the Ivory Hunter.pdf. I have not seen either of the guns, but only what is on internet. trompeter-ritchi.de/_download-pdf/The_Ivory_Hunter_Web.pdf

[@shalabhpeter7065]

Wow what a gun made in Pakistan

[@umvhu]

As a person who's hearing has been wrecked by gunfire, this audio is useless, the 'music' is overpowering the voice.

[@snowflakemelter1172]

I used to work in building these guns and the pictures coming back of killing big game made me sick, the big heroes were just very rich people who were gunning down wildlife, in the case of Elephants just walking up to them and gunning them down, there was no danger and minimal stalking involved. These people always trot out the excuse that it pays for the local poor villagers, which is BS they invented to try and justify their need to kill.

[@MisterBenne]

And how your company gonna survive if no deal Brexit Comes?

[@martin2514]

MisterBenne like the rest of the world survives outside the E.U.

[@MisterBenne]

yeah, exactly - good luck then :D

[@americanspirit8932]

Please stop killing elephants they have no way to defend themselves are almost gone extinct terrible

[@ghozisyaifullah254]

In Botswana many locals kill elephants for destroying agricultural fields

[@samrodian919]

It's a totally beautiful rifle.........but for shooting an animal that is so endangered in the wild???? I really question Rigby's sense in making this rifle. Not in today's age. Shoot something that is sustainable like wildebeest or water buffalo not the magnificent elephant. Guys come on, this is the 21st century not the 19 th.

[@rupertmcnaughtdavis3649]

Huge surplus in Southern African counties, causing massive habitat destruction.

[@453421abcdefg12345]

I suggest you do some research before you make an idiot of yourself in public, the Elephant is in no way "endangered", in many areas it is badly overpopulated, causing massive habitat destruction which also affects other species.