Howdy Gents.
I lucked into a nice and apparently quite early W.J.Jeffery Farquharson in .303 British. I’ve perused Winfer’s Vol. 3 and the earliest Jeffery Farqy serial number RANGE he starts with is 5600 -5699 in 1896, then starting 1897 with 5700-5799. That’s his estimate from looking at Jeffery records as well as rifles. According to him, Jeffery serialed sequentially across all their rifles and guns. The .303 British cartridge was introduced in 1889. My rifle is 38xx. Extrapolating his info, that seems exceptionally low for a 303 Farqy. Should we assume that Jeffery produced FAR more Farquharsons and other guns/rifles than Mr Winfer estimated?

I’m interested in others’ thoughts on this. My intention is NOT to throw any rocks at Mr Winfer or his brilliant references, merely to add more to the public knowledge base.