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Waidmannsheil
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A very nice Falling Block in 375 Flanged by G&H
      #328991 - 30/05/19 10:41 AM



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Re: A very nice Falling Block in 375 Flanged by G&H [Re: Waidmannsheil]
      #328998 - 30/05/19 07:39 PM

I just want to cry myself. The stock shape, quarter rib and action blacking all make me cringe. This was the unfortunate fate of many a fine falling block rifle in America during the 1950's to 70's time frame. I do enjoy putting them right after such abuse.

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Re: A very nice Falling Block in 375 Flanged by G&H [Re: bouldersmith]
      #329055 - 02/06/19 06:27 AM

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I just want to cry myself. The stock shape, quarter rib and action blacking all make me cringe. This was the unfortunate fate of many a fine falling block rifle in America during the 1950's to 70's time frame. I do enjoy putting them right after such abuse.


With all due respect: How do we know that this is a re-worked rifle? Perhaps G&H used a bare action to build this rifle. In that case, one cannot "restore" something that is in its original configuration.
This is a masterpiece in its own right, and should be appreciated as such.


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Re: A very nice Falling Block in 375 Flanged by G&H [Re: Carpetsahib]
      #329061 - 02/06/19 10:18 AM

Differing view points I would say. Possible that G&H sourced a new action action in the 50's but highly unlikely. Many Farquharson rifles were being pulled apart during that period of time and most were turned into varmint rifles. I appreciate some G&H bolt rifles but for the most part they do not speak to me. Too much wood, the cheek piece is usually overly large and the same for the fore ends. They certainly made a mark on American gunmaking but in my mind they come up quite short when compared to most British sporting rifles. I almost always prefer the lines on British rifles and that is especially true in regards to falling block rifles. The joy of hunting a single shot is how svelte they are, not so with this one. Just my opinion......
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Re: A very nice Falling Block in 375 Flanged by G&H [Re: bouldersmith]
      #329066 - 03/06/19 04:07 AM

Here's the Farquharson that Steve rebuilt for me, starting with a sad relic from a Nairobi gun shop:





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Re: A very nice Falling Block in 375 Flanged by G&H [Re: xausa]
      #329074 - 03/06/19 08:21 AM

There looks to be a proof mark of some sort on the receiver ring.
Makes me think that it was once a complete rifle at one point.
It wasn’t the usual for G&H or any other American gunmaker to build up a rifle like this in a British chambering so it is a bit more appealing than most American conversions I’ve seen.

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Re: A very nice Falling Block in 375 Flanged by G&H [Re: Huvius]
      #329101 - 04/06/19 07:11 AM

I agree that the forend is to large but on the whole it is I believe a good example of US classic gunmaking. The engraving is tasteful and the stock is on the whole nicely made, and best of all, it is chambered in an interesting classic British cartridge rather than the usual 243 Win or 30-06.

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Re: A very nice Falling Block in 375 Flanged by G&H [Re: Waidmannsheil]
      #329103 - 04/06/19 07:22 AM

Have to agree with Bouldersmith ,nice but doesn't look right

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Carpetsahib
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Re: A very nice Falling Block in 375 Flanged by G&H [Re: bouldersmith]
      #329105 - 04/06/19 08:40 AM

Just for the record: I, too, appreciate the trim and handy rifles and guns turned out by the British trade prior to WWII. A Westley Richards Mauser provided the pattern that I have used time and again to build rifles of all types. Xausa can attest to some of these efforts. But I also appreciate many, but not all, of the guns turned out by the better gunsmiths in the USA, even up to the present time.

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Re: A very nice Falling Block in 375 Flanged by G&H [Re: Carpetsahib]
      #329139 - 05/06/19 04:32 AM


With us here we usually say: "Never argue about tastes and colors" !
As a riflemaker I'm sometimes criticized for making stocks too small with too thin comb, the shape of our grips and of our forends does not please everyone ... but it's my style and I'm happy to please those who like it.
I have always had the greatest respect for Griffin & Howe and Hoffman and the simple fact that their products are recognizable among all is already a guarantee of consistency.
Their rifles were produced for the US market where users practice is different from those of English sportsmen hunting in East Africa or in Scottish moors.
The same goes for Austrian and German rifles whose style and conception are adapted to their hunting mode.
Of course it's a shame to see these testimonies of British expertise stripped and used to build rifles that have nothing in common with the originals donators but we all too often forget that these systems we worship today were, at a certain period obsessed with modernism, simple second-hand tools without much interest for the majority of hunters and shooters.

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Re: A very nice Falling Block in 375 Flanged by G&H [Re: DORLEAC]
      #329160 - 05/06/19 11:56 PM

Here we say " à chacun son gout".

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