Any Farquharson fans here?

Mark Dube

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Hello All,

I am the proud new owner of a fine old Farquharson rifle marked "J Burrow Maker 116 Fishergate Preston" It is chambered in 375 flanged Nitro Express 2 1/2, has tang safety, Krupp steel barrel.

I have ordered "British Single Shot Rifles v3" but I'm an impatient fella.....

What can you tell me?

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Thanks

Mark
 
If that thing could talk, I wonder what tales it could tell! As quality rifles go, yours is very near the top of the heap. What are your plans, going to shoot it and hunt with it? They say the flanged .375 can be loaded to almost the same level as the .375 H&H, but I would be more inclined to load a 270 gr bullet to 2500 with H 4350 and call that just about right.
 
Nice rifle. That cartridge is NOT a belted 375 H&H. It is rimmed straight case which utilised a 270 grain bullet at around 2000 fps. and is so proofed on the barrel. 40 grains cordite, 270 grain MAX. You can duplicate this by using Seyfreids Reloader 15 conversion of Cordite charge (40) multiplied by 1.19 = CHARGE OF Reloader 15. I've done it on a 9.5 mm Mannlicher( which the Brits call the 375 rimless NE ) stamped Cordite 43 -270 Max and it works out quite well - chronoed velocity wise. stay away from "fancy" bullets. IF you can find em, plain old Hornady round nose will work just fine. cheers
 
Now you've done it Mark, .....you're hooked for life!!
The Farkys were Bill Ruger's favorite, .......so he came out with the #1's.
Looks like a good piece, stick with the older style bullets and Woodleighs, and you'll be safe. I'll have to look up Burrows as I haven't run accross anything sold by them before. I have six or seven, most in .400 Jeffrey, and they all get used and hunted.
Now you'll have to find an Alex Henry for a mate.
 
Here we go, ..
James Burrow, s.a. 1833-41, 116 Fishergate, 1854-c.1913, then as (most likely a son) c. James Burrow Ltd., 117 Fishergate, c.1917
No records.
from British Gunmakers - Vol. 2, Birmingham

Without the name, I'd put it as a Jeffrey, so it was most likely purchased for the buyer assembled and they put their name on it prior to selling. Common enough occurance!

Can't find any other reference in the library.
 
dan belisle said:
There was a modernised mini-Farquharson in kit form for sale a couple of decades ago. I hesitated a bit too long and missed one. Still kicking myself, beautiful little rifle. - dan
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If it was the one from Cape Girardeau Outfitters, sold under the Daniel Fraser name, maybe you didn't miss out so much.

I too had a near miss on one, in 22 K Hornet. It was locked up solid at the time. Apparently, this was a common problem, as the firing pin angle was very steep, and did not retract worth a pinch of excrement. I regretted that I had missed the deal, until I learned more.

There was a member here that had one, and was having the same problems.

I figure it'd be worth mucking about with if the action could be got cheaply, but most folk that have them, want real money for them and they are usually broken already. For cheap, I'll try, but not for not cheap, if you get my drift.

To the OP. There are some very knowledgeable Single Shot Rifle guys on the Doublegun Journal Forum for single barrel sporting rifles, as well as on the Accurate Reloading Forums. Worth signing up there and posting a question or two, to see what info can be drawn out. I have seen some replies on both forums that indicate some very good reference libraries in hand of the respondents.

Good score!

Cheers
Trev
 
I also own one of those fine rifles, mine came to Canada in 1912 aboard the steam ship S.S. Nascopie this rifle has been customized by Robert Joseph Snapp of Snapps gunshop back in the 1980s. She was rebarreled to 348 Winchester and I have never fired her but this year she's going moose hunting.
 

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