What is your experience/opinion of the current production synthetic stocked Weatherby DGR? In particular your thoughts on the .460. Yes, I did a search and did not find what I’m wanting to read.

Thank you.

Hi all,

Wanted to start a thread just to show what I'm currently working on or have recently finished.
Some of these will be available for sale, and if so I will mark them as such.

If you would like your own custom piece, then please feel free to reach out to me.


First up, a nice little Damascus hunting knife with tambotie wood handle.

According to what I've read, Roy Weatherby was looking for an improvement over his 375 Weatherby when he saw the 416 Rigby case and concluded that it would be a great starting point. A belt was added and it was necked up to .375 to become the 378 Weatherby. Further expansion to .458 yielded the 460 Weatherby, so indirectly, the 460 Weatherby could be considered a .460/416 Rigby.

Also, according to what I've read, the owner of Rigby concluded that he wanted a 458 caliber rifle based on their...

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The USA has labelled both Canada and the EU as threats to their "National Security" in order to justify new duties declared by their military Commander-in-Chief on the international trade of steel and aluminum. So I suggest that USA made products such as firearms and ammunition should be sold exclusively within the USA so Canada and Europe can help our esteemed neighbour defend themselves and improve their national security. Sadly, I have come to the conclusion that Canadians and Europeans...

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Last year, when I went to SCI, I stopped at Wesley Richards booth as I wanted to place an order for a double and an extra barrel. They said they were all sold outand the earliest I could have one would be in 6 years, 2028 when I would be 71!!!.

That was not acceptable, and I was disappointed. Later on, at the Rigby booth, I talked to Jerome Lanue and he was telling me about his projects at Rigby. One was a development of a boxlock double like Rigby used to make a while ago. He said he would...

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