John Bolliger Custom Winchester Model 70 .416 Rigby








Note how the extended top tang is not simply a plain flat strap; it is beveled to the right as it flows onto the comb to accommodate the base of one's thumb.


| | 24" tapered round Krieger barrel with integrally-machined ramp front sight |
| | with fine silver bead and flip-up twilight bead, integral swivel stud, integral |
| | barrel recoil underlug and 1 standing and 1 folding gold-inlaid express |
| | sights engraved for 50 and 200 yards on integral matted quarter rib. Dark, |
| | oil-finished, highly figured walnut stock with widow's-peaked ebony forend |
| | tip, classic borderless ribbon and point-pattern checkering wrapping under |
| | the forend, twin recoil crossbolts, Trapdoor steel capped pistol grip, inletted |
| | rear swivel base, beaded pancake cheekpiece and red rubber Decelerator |
| | recoil pad. Winchester post-'64 Model 70 controlled-feed action with |
| | jeweled bolt and extractor, 5-panel checkered bolt knob, built-up and |
| | checkered bolt stop, hinged straddle floorplate with release inside |
| | triggerguard, solid drop-box magazine holding three cartridges, checkered |
| | long bottom tang extending to grip cap and long top tang extending over |
| | comb. Schmidt & Bender 1.1 - 4x24 Zenith, illuminated, matte-finish scope |
| | with 30mm tube and 4A bold duplex reticle on Bolliger's double-locking |
| | double-squarebridge style quick-detachable mounts. Satin cold rust blued |
| | finish and with fire-blued small parts. Finely and extensively engraved by |
| | Thierry Duguet: Charging rhino in raised bulino on floorplate, lioness with |
| | cubs on grip cap. Action, bottom metal, scope mounts and top tang covered |
| | with finely executed intertwining acanthus scroll, interwoven with meticulous |
| | gold inlaid scroll. FIRE inlaid in gold. Pull: 14". Weight: 10lbs, 9oz. 99% blue. $17,450. |
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