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rodneys Oldtimer Offline Posts: 686 Location: Central Oklahoma Joined: Mar 2^nd, 2015	Farrow 1887 Feb 6^th, 2020 at 10:03am	Print Post
	this is a couple of pictures of a couple of Farrow 1887 that were made in about 1995


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CharleHunter Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 363 Joined: Feb 8^th, 2019	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #1 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 2:33am	Print Post
	Very nice, would love to have one in the guns room


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rodneys Oldtimer Offline Posts: 686 Location: Central Oklahoma Joined: Mar 2^nd, 2015	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #2 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 8:49am	Print Post
	If you have the skills and interest I have the casting sets in stock. And a friend has a duplicator and my patterns. Just saying.


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Chuckster Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2232 Location: Colorado Joined: May 15^th, 2008	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #3 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 10:33am	Print Post
	The Farrow is probably the most attractive single shot ever made. Thanks for the postings, Rodney Chuck


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rodneys Oldtimer Offline Posts: 686 Location: Central Oklahoma Joined: Mar 2^nd, 2015	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #4 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 11:13am	Print Post
	I think so too. It really has the hang of a good muzzleloader. The fellow that wrote the Bullard book, said that Farrow hired one of their stock makers . That is why the early guns are styled nd stocked better that the later guns that Farrow did. Not that he did bad, just the others are nicer.


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bnice Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1851 Location: Iowa Joined: Nov 30^th, 2006	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #5 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 8:55pm	Print Post
	any idea how many rifles Farrow produced?


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CharleHunter Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 363 Joined: Feb 8^th, 2019	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #6 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 10:35pm	Print Post
	rodneys wrote on Feb 7^th, 2020 at 8:49am: If you have the skills and interest I have the casting sets in stock. And a friend has a duplicator and my patterns. Just saying. Probably just barely have the skills, but located out in AUS so getting nice things is now somewhat difficult..


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ballardhepburnmich ASSRA Board Member Offline Posts: 598 Location: Scotts,mi. Joined: May 20^th, 2015	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #7 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 10:54pm	Print Post
	Were these built from your casting kits? Thank you, Lee Gibbs Pres.ASSRA


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rodneys Oldtimer Offline Posts: 686 Location: Central Oklahoma Joined: Mar 2^nd, 2015	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #8 - Feb 7^th, 2020 at 11:06pm	Print Post
	Lee, Yes they are from my castings. Regarding the Question on how many were produced. I collected info on Farrow rifles for years and have owned 2. A few do not have serial # the highest number I found was 116 I believe. I even got to examine Farrow’s granddaughters rifle. I will look for the pictures.


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bnice Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1851 Location: Iowa Joined: Nov 30^th, 2006	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #9 - Feb 8^th, 2020 at 1:33pm	Print Post
	Thank you Rodney. Did the Granddaughters rifle have any special adornments?


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bnice Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1851 Location: Iowa Joined: Nov 30^th, 2006	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #10 - Feb 8^th, 2020 at 1:33pm	Print Post
	Thank you Rodney. Did the Granddaughters rifle have any special adornments?


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2836 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #11 - Feb 8^th, 2020 at 2:39pm	Print Post
	bnice wrote on Feb 7^th, 2020 at 8:55pm: any idea how many rifles Farrow produced? I have been collecting everything I can find on Farrow rifles for several years. Had a lot of help from the guys on this Forum. If my counting is correct, I have pics or partial ID on 27 existing original rifles. The highest SN in my file is 125. 5 of these originals with no marks or numbers at all. My GUESS is that about 20 % of the original Farrows (Farri?) had no SNs. If I add 20 % to the highest number I have recorded (125), my guess comes to 150. Another guess is that, at best, only about 30 % of the originals have survived. That implies there are still a few out there. If you ever use one in an offhand match, you will never be happy with Brand X.


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2836 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #12 - Feb 8^th, 2020 at 3:11pm	Print Post
	Rodney is correct about the 2nd edition of the Bullard book. The guy who wrote it certainly did a lot of good research. If you are researching Farrow, the book will be a good investment. Farrow was an employee of the Bullard Company for all of calendar year 1884. Billed as one of the company managers, mainly he was a traveling salesman and promoter. But he spent enough time at the factory to get to know the men who really made Bullard rifles, the master machinists and stock makers. Looking at Farrow's earlier life, he was a watchmaker, skilled with tools, but not a machinist. After his year with the Bullard Company, he produced his prototype and tested it in April, 1885. Beginning in January 1885, Bullard could not meet payroll. They laid off almost everyone. Farrow was not broke. He hired Bullard's chief machinist and their head stock maker and then used company machinery to make the first Farrows and what would probably be all of Farrow's buttstocks. This wasn't sneaking around. Farrow kept some of the key personnel working until the company could get better financing.


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craigd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2047 Location: midwest Joined: Feb 22^nd, 2009	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #13 - Feb 8^th, 2020 at 4:48pm	Print Post
	How about that. No wonder some Farrow stocks have styling cues that are reminiscent of Bullard single shots.


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waterman Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 2836 Location: Behind the Redwood Curtain Joined: Jun 9^th, 2004	Re: Farrow 1887 Reply #14 - Feb 8^th, 2020 at 9:11pm	Print Post
	The other way around. The stocks for the Bullard single shots were made after the Farrow stocks, so the Bullard stocks resemble the Farrow stocks.


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