In 2010, two American investors, Jeff Meyer and John Reed, acquired the assets of John Rigby & Co.. They returned the manufacturing to London, J. Roberts & Son, and published the book Rigby: A Grand Tradition. The new owner also settled various trademark disputes and secured the historic Rigby...
Paul Roberts became well known in hunting circles in both India and Africa, and in 1995 he created Rigby's newest cartridge: the .450 Rigby Magnum Rimless. In 1997, Roberts sold the Rigby name and other intellectual property to Neil Gibson of Texas, but kept the right to continue building...
After a long history jumping fwrd to 1916
John Rigby died in 1916, leaving a prosperous business in the hands of his son, Theodore. After Theodore Rigby's death, in 1951, the company was acquired by Vernon Harris, who had been its bookkeeper. Upon Harris's death, his widow sold the business in...
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