Quality Myth

[BILLY D.]

OK BRIT

NOW YOU OWE ME FOR A NEW KEYBOARD. I DROOLED AND SLOBBERED ALL OVER MINE.

IT WAS ALWAYS MY DREAM TO OWN A RIGBY. AS A CHILD I CONTRACTED POLIO AND WAS HARNESSED BY BRACES. COULDN'T GET AROUND TO WELL AND CONSEQUENTLY DID A LOT OF READING. THE MOST FAVORITE OF THINGS I LIKED TO READ WERE STORIES ABOUT AFRICAN HUNTING. MY HEROES IN THOSE DAYS WERE WALTER DALRYMPLE MAITLAND BELL AND OSA AND MARTIN JOHNSON. I DIDN'T UNDERSTAND A LOT OF WORDS AT THAT TIME, I WAS ONLY SEVEN, BUT I COULD SIT DOWN AND WITH A DICTIONARY WORK MY WAY THROUGH A STORY. OH, YA, MY BIG BROTHER HELPED ME A LOT TOO. I READ SO MANY BOOKS MY MOTHER AND FATHER JOINED THE READERS DIGEST BOOK CLUB.

READING ABOUT AFRICAN AND EUROPEAN HUNTING AND THOSE SWEET BRITISH HUNTING RILFES WAS AN INSPIRATION TO ME.

QUITE A FEW YEARS AGO I STARTED BUYING MAUSER ACTIONS AND MAKING MY OWN RIGBY IMMITATIONS AND MAKE BELIEVE HUNTING RIFLES. I FULLY REALIZED I'D NEVER OWN A REAL RIGBY. I HAVE ONE built on '98 mauser actions IN 30:06, 6,5x68ai, 458wm, 243ai and an fclass long range in 308win. talk about wacky, i purchased a 1909 argentine action 2 years ago and couldn't figure out which caliber to use for it. after much wondering and pondering i ended up making it a 7mm mauser. BLUEPRINTED THE ACTION AND DONE SOME LIGHTENING, PUT ON A KRIEGER TAPERED BARREL, 21 INCH AND USED A MPI STOCK AND ENDED UP WITH A 6 3/4 POUND SHOOTING POWERHOUSE. I DEDICATED IT TO OSA JOHNSON.

I STILL HAVE THREE MAUSER ACTIONS AND HAVEN'T FIGURED OUT WHAT TO DO WITH THEM YET. MAYBE THE LIGHT BULB WILL COME ON SOME DAY.

BUT I STILL COVET YOUR RIGBY.