Gibbs APUN# 837, .303 British. I first handled this rifle a little more than 15 years ago and thought to myself at the time, this rifle should live with me and today it does. Really looking forward to getting this one in the field.

Bravo! Beautiful Gibbs-Farquharson.

Thought you might get a kick out of this.

Beautiful rifle!
Hard to beat a genuine Gibbs Sporting Farquharson!

What a stunning example!

Bill, a little too modern for you, no? :-)

What a beauty!

I just pulled out my copy of Kirton's book, and your rifle is specifically mentioned.

It appears to be 100% original.

Congrats again!

This rifle was re-barreled by Gibbs after 1925 and is not Metford rifled. The fore end has wood inlaid to fill in from a larger diameter barrel that was previously on the rifle, my guess is that it started out life as a .461 Gibbs.

Interesting. Kirton does list it as a .303.

He also lists my rifle but with a lot of question marks!

Plenty of questions on the Gibbs rifles. It is a shame the books were lost. Sporters in original configuration are very rare, most having suffered the indignity of conversion to American varmint rifles or other poorly thought out modifications.

I have put a few back to the correct configuration and have another on the bench now, just slightly earlier than the above rifle, it had been turned into a varminter and had a G&H style stock on it when I acquired it, now re-barreled with a new Krieger tube to .303 British and just waiting for me to regulate the sights and stock it.

Beauty!

She's a sexy old girl

What is inlayed on the heel? Gorgeous rifle too!

Initials of a former owner inlaid on the heel.