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What about the false finish that Beretta was using on their guns?

If the maker does it, is that OK?

Pete

Pete, I think you already know the answer, NO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Grain painting of furniture was done on a regular basis in the middle 19th century and later to a degree. Many pieces that still exist show a high degree of skill in the finishing and can bring a whole lot of money because of the grain painters skill.

Gil,

Mark recently worked his magic on the stock extension on my EE Grade Lefever. The extension was done a couple of years ago and while it was well done mechanically it was an obvious extension. Mark made it disapear. It is truly undetectable and it was only a fraction of the cost of a new stock. His work is amazing.

Bill G.

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Interesting topic, and one that has got me thinking (always scary): would putting a fine veneer on a plain substrate be seen by some as a deceptive embellishment? More to the topic's point, what if a well-respected stocker works his magic on a broken wrist and makes the repair invisible?

Musings in the morning. Have a great Thanksgiving.

Mike

Mark's work is beautiful. I would use it (and WILL) in a heartbeat. I am waiting to get a gun back from a gunsmith, then it's off to Mark.
Almost all gorgeous women wear makeup, and that's okay by me.
Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, and I want to carry a beautiful gun because it makes me feel good. I can understand some fellows reluctance, and God Bless them, but for me, Mark's work only makes financial, and logical sense.
No, I won't sell the gun as though it were original. I'll let my kids worry about that.
Sam Ogle, Lincoln, NE

Buzz, alas, you are correct, I was not thinking along the lines of a deeply inletted and intricate sidelock. I can see where those would really raise the stockmaker's price. A simple boxlock is much cheaper. Glad I learned a new perspective today.
Yes, my Grade IV Superposed is signed by Funken on both sides, that is why I bought it, even though it was restocked with a flat knob and owner's initials in the grip cap with a rubber butt pad. Now it is returned to it's original glory. And yes, Schwing states that the American's didn't really like the Germanic influence on the "Foxes and Dogs" so it was discontinued, much like the "Pointer" grade was discontinued.

A Superposed forend is considerably more complicated than most any sidelock side by side.

you must not have tried restocking a Boss O/U forend then LOL, it'll make your head swim.

Agreed a Superposed forend is incredibly intricate. The whole mechanical works of a Superposed (esp early ones)shows the genius of a Mad Scientist (Browning). Don't know he could have construed it was an easy gun to build in the 20's