Beautiful rifles. Apart from being a renowned hunter, the style of his writing in his books makes wonderful reading. What a great man !

Excellent info, thank you. All dads out there, buy Jim Corbett's books and read them to your kids. They will remember them forever....

Jim Corbett and his stories are famous in India 🇮🇳

i work at John Rigby in london, the Corbett rifle is superb. lots of Corbett fans come and see the rifle all the time. I've held the rifle many times and it is something extremely special :) great video! When you are in London next time, please come to us at Pensbury Place.

Jim Corbett, the all time great hunter. His books on hunting n jungle lore r hailed as classics.

I think that Col. Corbett's biggest contribution was in the literally hundreds of lives he undoubtedly saved by ending the depredation of the various man eaters he hunted in India. As an aside, many years ago as a young lad I was reading one of a World Book edition in regards to the Bengal Tiger. It surprisingly said that the chief diet of the Bengal Tiger was, "Rubber Plantation Workers."

Having found a 1957 copy of Jim Corbett's, The Temple Tiger And More Man-Eaters Of Kumaon, by Oxford University Press. Thank you for the breakdown on the two Jim Corbett rifles and the basic Norman culture of each. . . Again, thank you. Mike Freeman Western Kentucky USA

I have read a few accounts of his hunting experiences regarding man- eaters, and I believe he was a truly brave, determined mine. His accounts leave me in a cold sweat!

I built 2 double rifles. I have 2 cape guns and a drilling. The style and craftsmanship of the german and british gun makers are amazing.

I am from Pakistan , and in my childhood my dad who was a captain in British Indian army read lot of stories of Jim Corbett hunting and killing man eater tigers and lions. When I grew up then I read these stories. I am thankful to you for this video.

I am a wildlife biologist, based in Western Himalayas, India.working on human-leopard conflict mitigation project near Rudraprayag, Uttarakhand. I have seen many man-eaters and learnt a bit about guns and weapons. Much appreciated video.

Jim Corbett 😍 love from India

Not sure how famous Jim Corbett is in England, but in India everyone knows about his adventures. In Northern India, where I come from, a National Park is named after him and his stories are fabled.

One of Corbetts stories tells of hom being knocked off a ledge by the recoil of the 400 450 as he shot a attacking tiger

Jim Corbett is honestly addictive reading!

Jim Corbett biggest contribution was establishment of India's first Govt National Park and sanctuary for wild animals and tigers called Hailey National Park. He started tiger conservation in India. That National Park is now named after Jim Corbett to honour him.

I will absolutely own a Rigby rifle before I leave this earth.

That tiger lying dead in front of Jim Corbett is actually 'The Bachelor of Powalgarh' which was not a man-eater but a much sought trophy because of its huge proportions. Read more about the man and his exploits in his several books, Love & Peace from India.

What great rifles thanks for showing them. I have read all of Jim Corbett's books and all of Kenneth Anderson's another hunter of maneating Tigers.

Jim Corbett and Kenneth Anderson are the legends

If the rifle was manufactured for Manton of Calcutta, then it for sure went to India. For a long time Manton had a strong trade presence in India via several retail stores in the major cities. The .275 is just the English way of saying 7x57 Mauser (German) without acknowledging their arch rivals, the Germans. I grew up hunting deer with a Spanish 7x57 Mauser, and it is a fabulous round. The .270 Winchester is just the American 7x57. Thanks for the nice video

A short, precise and factually correct presentation. Greetings from a Corbett fan from India. (I actually grew up in the same area as Corbett).

I've been reading some of his books and everytime I read them it takes me back to that time when things were simple and the wildlife was thriving and those guns were all that he had in those cold nights sitting atop a tree waiting for that man eater. His understanding of the wild is so unmatched, through his books at least we can get to understand the wild through his minds eye. 👍🏼🤠

Hi, I have just seen your presentation on the guns of Jim Corbett and commend you for. At one time I had three Rigby magazine rifles: a .275 built for Lord Dormer in 1929; a .350 Magnum built for Manton And Co; and a .416 built in I think 1926, for Prince M H Khan of Bophal. I still have the .275. They are fantastic rifles and the .416 is exactly as described by Taylor. Your presentation was excellent. The .275 remains a grossly underrated cartridge but in fact has plenty of punch while remaining pleasant to shoot.

Read all of Jim Corbett's books where he mentions a lot about the .450 and .275 rifles. Today I got to see what they were. Thanks for taking us through it. Good reaserch I would say👍

Man Eaters of Kumaon is a wonderful book which sold in thousands. He was a great and humble man. My mother met him in Naini Tal and was a bit surprised how casually he was dressed. Baggy shorts probably. After reading the books it’s interesting to see the guns. Thanks.

I love all Jim Corbbet's. From India

I think it's inportant to speak about Peter Paul Mauser as the inventor of this cartridge in 1892, exactly called 7 x 57 (R). At first for military and in 1893 in the hunting version. A very famous caliber, W.D.M. Bell (also known as "Karamojo Bell") shooted over 1000 elephants with. But he prefered the brain shot. In my opinion ist the Mauser 98 the most produced bolt action system all over the world by more than 100 millions. Simply the best, unbeatable.

Thank you for sharing!!

Nice! The 275 (7x57) is a storied calibre. I'm 2/3 of the way through the KZfaq audiobook, Wanderings of an Elephant Hunter by Walter Dalrymple Maitland Bell, i.e. 'Karamojo Bell'. Astonishing, and as you say, matter of fact story telling, letting the narrated events astound rather than poetic imaginings and embellishments. Like Jim Corbett, Walter Bell also predominately employed the 275 Rigby round. Eighty percent of his 1,000 elephants were taken with this cartridge, using a 173g round nosed solid bullet. One of the best parts of his book describes the strategies, diplomacies and methods to obtain support and information (and safe passage!!) from various deadly African warrior tribes The real deal. Anyway, I'm looking forward to reading the Jim Corbett stories. I picked up a custom 7mm Mauser rifle, a real beauty made by Charles Grace, USA, in the style of your Rigby rifle. As you say, a light and agile balance. All good. Thanks for the Video! God's Love, Mountains River Valleys, the Continents.

He used Rigby very little because sometimes it's trigger jammed, so relied more on 450.

Love and respect from india

Jim is my Legend. Thanks for this video

My great Grandfather served in the British Army in India around the turn of the 19th century and killed 7 man eaters. Mainly they were 'girl eaters' which followed the railway trucks upon which the railway workers lived and slept whilst they were laying down the railway network around the country. The tigers preferred the sweeter taste of the young females and would follow the trucks at nightfall and upon scenting a menstruating teenage girl would leap out of the darkness and clearing the thorn barricades put there by the workers on the perimeter of the flat trucks, would then pick up the girl and leap out on a single bound. My great Grandfather was stationed on top of a covered railway truck and had to hit them in mid air before they landed on the girls. It was snap shooting of extraordinary skill level, with a human life at stake. I still have his Tolley 500 Express Double rifle, some skins and a ton of Victorian photographs.

Great video, keep up the good work

I thought it was Ray Liotta at first. The look of the stock is very much like a cross between pre War German sporting Mausers and the 146/246 Husqvarnas. Sort of understated by the large and fancy stocks of custom rifles in the decades after the 1940s.

You Sir have fine taste in rifles! 2 very nice rifles you have there, and that even looked like a Rigby shirt you were wearing.

Beautiful rifles, the double is a work of art, just watched a doco on Jim Corbett, a good man by the looks of things, 275 Rigby is a 7x57 under another name which is why recoil is like a 270win

I grew up in north-east India, what was then part of Assam and now is Megalaya. Read Corbett as a child and re-read as an adult. Just bought a sporterized 7x57 today that was made in 19_7 I believe for the Spanish army. Thanks for the memories, Georgia Sportsman!

Thanks for sharing this.

Beautiful brace of rifle.s I have fitted many shotgun stocks, and when you mounted the double I saw that fit that you need for close up and Dirty Work ! Many thanks great video

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Thank you for reading my comment and taking the time to reply. I an an aficionado of the legendary hunter/conservationist and I am glad you have your facts spot on. My warm regards.

Loved the video, your guns are perfect examples of what a real hunter would carry when stalking a creature that would be stalking the hunter as well. Thank you for sharing!

The .275 rigby and the 7x57 aren’t“ basically” the same cartridge. They ARE the same cartridge. The British simply renamed the 7x57 to .275rigby to take on the metric nomenclature there. I have brass for my .275 marked 7x57 and .275. It is completely interchangeable. Has not a thing to do with bullet weight either. Any 7mm projectile works. 139s all the way up 175s.

Very good presentation. Top marks. Will watch more of your videos. Nice with people who, really, know what they're talking about.

I loved your video. I have often wondered what Corbetts rifles looked like. My father got mr reading Corbetts books. I have read them all as my dad ordered everything he had in print. My favorite story is " The Mam Eatong Leopard of Rudrapryag"?

Very well done review sir!

As much as we hate the British the One Extrodinary Gentleman i respect is "Sir Jim Corbett"... Today India has the biggest natural environment for Tigers,Asiatic lions,Leapords and Elephants just because people like Jim Corbett realised the conservation is necessary for large cats to survive...Hats off to the man who established Corbett national park way back in 1936❤️❤️❤️

Loved his book.

TY for sharing those beautiful rifles. The Rigby 275 is my favorite of the 2. A double in something more comparable to the 275 caliber would be an awesome rifle. I recall reading Jim Corbett books as a boy and at 70 still enjoy them. I can't imagine sitting in the jungle at night alone waiting for a tiger or leopard. omg.

Corbett also had a .500 caliber rifle with a Jones underlever action that features in his books and which seems to have vanished.

Excellent video,Jim Corbett a true gentleman and lover of nature

Very interesting. Jim Corbett mentions Muzzle-Loaders. What are those guns?

I had plans to visit all of corbett's hunting spots but covid happened. Hopefully in a few short years I'll be able to travel there.

THANKS ❤

Love his books

For Jim Corbett lovers: Please watch the short movie, 'The Man Eaters of Kumaon (1986)' on you tube. A beautiful movie.

Thx !

Beautiful rifles. Imagine hunting something that hunts you ! Amazing . I have been deer hunting in canada with a Browning bolt action 270 for years. In thick bush i use a Winchester 30 /30 . Lever action .

I didn't know that a .275 would have enough power to kill a tiger. I guess I learned something new. Great video.

2nd gun is soooo beautiful

True gentleman...Jim

Beautiful

Nice information sir

The photograph of the tiger shown with the narration for the. 275 Rigby is actually the Bachelor of Powalgarh

Your Rigby is a real stunner. IMO, it's the perfect combination of elegance and power. Look after it. Even Rigby don't make them like that anymore.

Jim Corbett books are wonderful reads. If you like his adventures, also check out books by another hunter of man eaters by the name of Kenneth Anderson.

A wonderful commentary on the best of British gun making. Jim Corbett was an inspiring man in the conservation of wildlife, how sad to see the woke elements fucking it all up today. I hope they get rats in their houses,what will be their answer then? Furthermore it is so good to see that so many comments here are from Indian people who appreciate what Corbett achieved and want to see this continued in to the future. There is hope for mankind yet, despite the ignorance of the greeny urbanites who know nothing about the natural world.

Hope you folks can pull out a win down there this week . If not things might get ugly the next few years for gun owners.

Two perfect rifles...

Jim corbett hi ka ngaisang tawp, i sawi pawh bengvar thlak e..

Beautiful firearms!!! I admit I'm jealous. I've read Jim Corbett's books and, like you, felt he was very matter of act about his exploits. I hope you have a chance to use those one day on a real dangerous game hunt.

Jim is a legend

I'm Indian

Yes

ya gotta tell the karamojo bell story same 275 on elephants

Love from Kerala ❤️❤️

I love man...vingezter..4:5

A great video... In the stories he mentions about firing multiple times in many part. But it seems both the rifle don't have a magazine capacity... Also it would be great if you could do a video about Kenneth Anderson's Winchester. 405 rifle. Thank you.

1:53 That's not the Champawat tigress man eater which was an old female. The tiger shown in that pic was The bachelor of Powalgarh, huge male and not a man eater. Also, 275 he mainly used for leopards.

Didn’t Jim Corbett use a .275 by Westley Richards?

One of history's most controversial figures, some say he was a hero and a mankind savior against man eater predators, others that he was an animals serial killer. I want to know your opinion on this my friend.

The firearms you see are more than your car.

In the Book Temple Tiger Col James E Corbett wrote that he Paid Rupees 350 from his own pocket to Manton & co in Calcutta India. He never took any gift or monetary help forAny of his hunts except those Bait animals.

Jim Corbet great hunter

I think his double rifle had an underlever.

4:10 What is the rifle model called?

Very cool rifles! Must have cost you a fortune, no? Hope you take them out hunting every once in a while. They were made to see the sun.

Compared to the Winchester Model 70 chambered in 270 Weatherby Magnum how would you compare The 257 Rugby?

Real hero jimcorbett

Is the same rifle he used or is it similar model for demo

Hey can you verify my grandpa's Rigby gun if I send you a picture ? He was the Deputy commissioner under British imperial service at that time. Just want to know the history .thank you .

Good graiter man, saluet

Can Rangoon oil be used to lubricate moving parts? I believe it has a wonderful aroma.

Yes byt is that Corbett’s watch?

is that a new gun or an old gun?

The 450-400 NE kicks a little more than a 30-06?? ,don't you mean a little bit more than a 375 H&H?

How about his famous mannlicher?

This may interest you kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hNhnhtqGu9e2iXk.html . The 7x57/.275 was a respected round in it's day, been superseded in places like the US or New Zealand now but in the UK it's still strong.