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CptCurl
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Re: Army & Navy CSL Farquharson - .450/.400 3.25" NE [Re: Englishman]
#220017 - 22/11/12 11:54 PM

Seeing Bouldersmith's Farquharson made me think of mine, so I looked up this thread. I realized I had additional information to add, so here goes.

This rifle is well documented. It was made for A&N by Charles Osborne and shipped February 14, 1911. It languished in A&N's inventory until 1919, when it was sold. It has it's own full-page writeup in Wal Winfer's Volume 6 of British Single Shot Rifles mentioned above. Here's a scan:

I particularly wanted to post this scan because of the request Huvius for details of the stampings on the front of the action, all conveniently shown and discussed here by Winfer.

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CptCurl
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Re: Army & Navy CSL Farquharson - .450/.400 3.25" NE [Re: CptCurl]
#220018 - 23/11/12 12:01 AM

Huvius, here's a crop of Winfer's photo taken from my scan:

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Re: Army & Navy CSL Farquharson - .450/.400 3.25" NE [Re: CptCurl]
#220027 - 23/11/12 02:49 AM

Thanks Curl, for some reason I didn't realize it was the gun in the book.
I have been tempted by a Farq or two as of late, but must resist until my .450 is finished. It is on a frame marked 500 as yours is stamped 450. It will be interesting to compare some measurements as mine is quite robust.

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