GIBBS .461 #2 GIBBS FARQUHARSON FALLING BLOCK- ALL ORIG- CLASSIC PIECE- 90% ENGRAVING- DIES & CASES
Guns International #: 100430162 Seller's Inventory #: y480
Category: Antique Rifles - Cartridge -
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Seller: Champlin
Company: Champlin Firearms Inc.
Member Since: 11/19/07
First Name: George
Last Name: Caswell
State: Oklahoma
Zip: 73702
Country: United States
Phone: (580) 237-7388
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
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Description:
#14906, George Gibbs, Corn Street, Bristol - Metford's Patent, 1537: A Very Nice Best Quality George Gibbs Farquharson Falling Block .461 #2 Gibbs Single Shot Sporting Rifle, Made about 1882, 28" Metford rifled barrel, Barrel #1537, An island sight with 1 standing & 1 folding rear sights, Island front sight, Sling eye on the barrel, The action is the maker's last style with their streamlined frame, It is action #647, The frame number is #128, Complete with the sliding bolted stalking lock on the safety, "Free" & "Bolted" is gold inlaid, Horn grip cap, Horn forend tip, 90% coverage of classic small scroll engraving, 14 1/4" LOP over a buttplate, 7 lbs. 6 oz., A nice piece of wood, 85% barrel blue that I believe is original, Traces of case colors with a nice patina, The wood appears with original finish and it is 80%, The checkering is still 80%, The bore is good and almost very good, The screws are all of 90% correct. This is another first rate quality piece with style, grace, workmanship, handling and George Gibbs romance from a great period at the pinnacle of sporting guns in the last years of the 19th century. This piece comes with loading dies, several fired cases, several primed and unprimed cases plus a bunch of 556 & 558 grain cast bullets. //////////////////////////// In the late 1860's William Metford's barrel rifling was being noticed at shooting matches. George Gibbs took notice as the days of muzzle loading long arms was coming to an end. Then John Farquharson came out with his superior hammerless falling block action and soon a union between Gibbs, Metford and Farquharson evolved into match and sporting rifles. George Gibbs soon built a great reputation with both the match and sporting rifle built around the Farquharson action using a Metford barrel. This rifle, #14906, is an outstanding example of a great era of the British gun trade. There were 974 Farquharsons built by Gibbs and it is estimated that about 150 sporting rifles remain as original guns.
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Antique: Yes