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Huvius
11-05-2023, 02:08 PM
A very special George Gibbs Farquharson recently finished by Steve Bertram.
Brought back to it's original style and purpose - rebarreled (chambered in 500/450 No.1 Express), new forend and a proper finish on the action which had been blacked at some point.

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45workhorse
11-06-2023, 12:10 AM
Very nice!
skeettx
11-06-2023, 01:37 AM
What a beautiful rifle
ascast
11-06-2023, 02:04 AM
very nice
1903.colt
11-06-2023, 07:38 AM
Thanks for posting very beautiful very interesting rifle !
JRD
11-06-2023, 10:18 AM
Wow! That's beautiful. Do you have plans to take it hunting?

On the practical side, do the Selous plates on the sides of the wrist make the pistol grip cold if carrying it in the winter?
elk hunter
11-06-2023, 10:49 AM
WOW! Very nice. I have to be satisfied with a couple of Ruger #1s.
Huvius
11-06-2023, 03:14 PM
Wow! That's beautiful. Do you have plans to take it hunting?

On the practical side, do the Selous plates on the sides of the wrist make the pistol grip cold if carrying it in the winter?

I sure would like to take it out for a hunt some day!

As for the plates, I would think that the steel would feel colder than a wood grip.
Although, if it were that cold, I’d be wearing some sort of gloves.

The other end of that question is about how they feel in the heat and sun. One owner in Africa says he doesn’t notice the steel heating up but I would tend to try to keep them out of direct sunlight if possible.
Ernest
11-06-2023, 09:17 PM
That is the holy grail of hunting rifles. I am jealous!. It must be hunted.