I just got back from picking up the rifle. It is a Gibbs-Medford Farquharson back position rifle in the 461 No1 Gibbs cartridge. The barrel is segmentally rifled in a gain twist. The rifle is a target action with a supplemental cocking lever on the right side of the action. Opening and closing the action lever moves the breechblock and brings the rife to half cock. The rifle is brought to full cock with the supplemental cocking lever. There is no safety. The front sight base is present but the sight itself is missing. The long range rear sight is present on the heel of the stock. The barrel bluing is like new. The action has traces of color. The wood is solid with a horn fore end tip and is a little faded with a ding here and there. This rifle came from the Kynoch collection. It was purchased in England at a Bourne auction in the early 1990s. A letter of provenance is being prepared to document this purchase. There is no case and no other accessories. The stock and fore end are hollowed out, presumably to meet a weight limit imposed by the target competition for which it was built. I believe that weight is 10.5 pounds. An added Silvers buttpad is present. The stock is very long and straight as appropriate for a back position target rifle. The barrel is about 36 inches long and probably 1.2 inches in diameter with a very slight taper. I haven't taken time to measure, weigh and photograph it yet. I first need to determine a starting point for selling it. I will post photos as soon as possible. From the patent use number on the barrel, as compared to the number from a rifle with a known date of manufacture, this rifle was built some time after 1883.
