Thanks to everyone for the comments. This is an interesting rifle. It's my first Farquharson, but not my first classic single shot rifle by a wide margin. I sold my collection of single shot rifles back in 1996 to fund a serious double rifle purchase. There were some good rifles in that lot.

Aside from a Ruger #3 this is the only falling block single shot rifle I own at present.

I chased behind this rifle off and on for a year or more. It appeared on GunsInternational in early 2010. I was slow to see the listing, and by the time I took note of it the rifle was sold. The sale must not have stuck, because it recently appeared on Steve Barnett's website. I tried to resist it, but couldn't. I'm glad to have it in the house.

I have been somewhat of a pest to our friend Huvius because Farquharson rifles are a bit out of my normal path. I read Winfer's Vol. on the Jeffery Farquharsons to get a little background. I've made a run on one or two others, but this is the first to gain admittance. I really haven't done any research on this rifle, but here's the text of the GunsInternational ad I took down in April 2010:

I don't have a copy of Winfer's book. The one I read was borrowed. Maybe somebody can verify what was listed about this rifle on page 127 of Vol. 6.

I'll do more photographs and post more as time permits.

Afro - yes, for foam I'm cutting plugs out of 1" thick sheets of foam made for cushions. We buy the stuff for little to nothing. My plugs are 1/2" diameter and 1" long. Virtually the same as what Kynoch sells.

Curl