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The Rifle shown here is a very early Gibbs 1870 Farquharson, serial number 92. It is a well-traveled rifle. It went from England, where it was manufactured, to India, and from there to New Zealand, and from Kiwi land to the USA. The rifle is chambered for the .500 3-inch Black Powder Express. It was not in the best of condition when it arrived at the Wisconsin bench of metalsmith Glenn Fewless. He completely rebuilt the rifle including fitting a 26-inch full ribbed barrel. When Glenn finished the metalwork, he shipped the rifle to Illinois stockmaker Doug Mann. Doug crafted the magnificent stock from a superb stick of Turkish Exhibition grade walnut. Working from the blank, he whittled out the stock keeping in mind the original Gibbs styling for the stock. He added the leather covered pad, ebony forend tip, and checkered the finished stock in a 24 LPI point pattern. The rifle as shown is still in the white, awaiting finishing instructions from the client.

Glenn Fewless Gibbs Farquharson in .500 BPE, still in the white. Photos by Tom Alexander.