Thread: Ever wondered why H&H takes years to make a gun?

I once handled a J Rigby & Sons Mauser from 1909. I had always thought they would simply be a Mauser action nicely finished in a good stock. After all there was only so much you could do with one I had thought. It wasn't until I held it in my hands and worked the action that I understood the difference between a normal rifle on a Mauser action or even any modern factory rifle, and a London best rifle from a maker in the golden period of British gunmaking. I understood that there was a tier of quality above whatever I imagined could be done with a rifle that I had never suspected.