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Offline Stuart C.

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Farmingdale any better or worse than Big Timber?
« on: September 19, 2011, 09:19:52 AM »
Hi,
Is there really anything notably different in the quality, accuracy, etc of one vs the other?
When did Farmingdale stop and BT start?
Thanks!!
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Re: Farmingdale any better or worse than Big Timber?
« Reply #1 on: September 19, 2011, 12:29:28 PM »
 The Farmingdale guns don't quite have the fit and finish of todays Shilohs.
 The chambers on those rifles had a great deal of freebore and sometimes accuracy could be a problem. (the farmingdale guns are the ones Pedersoli copied) Alot of those Farmingdales were rebarreled.
 Shiloh moved to Big Timber in 79 or 80.
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