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 A long way from top of the range gun but a fine work horse all the same the ubiquitous Webley & Scott 700 with just enough engraving to stop it looking as if it is just made of pieces of plane steel. It was at least a man's hand that did the engraving.
The only lessons in my life I truly did learn from where the ones I paid for!
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Wow is all I can say, and not in a good way. Looks like a 3500$ gun. No checkering? They must think they are Peter Hofer. http://www.beretta.com/en/sl3/
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Eeb,
It is similar to getting a robo sales call from Heather.
Yep. And the call was collect. Ed
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Engraving was just a way to hold more oil on the metal surface when it started. Then it became an expression of art. Funny thing is if we knew how little it cost for top of the line engraving we be less willing to over pay for it. Ive seen the order book for big name makers and it cost three or four pounds on a gun selling for 50-100 pounds. Now it doubles the gun value in many cases. Thats a good investment at resale.
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This is the revealing bit from the catalog:
"The SL3 is also available in a mirror polished version, requiring hours of hand polishing on every surface.
Note: A fixed surcharge is applied on this version."
English makers have told me the same, it costs more to have the gun naked rather than hand engraved with the house style.
Funny that no comment was posted about the dummy sideplates.
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Elaborate engraving on a shotgun is pure affectation, making a statement of the owner's status to those around her i.e. gilding an axe or a hoe. Really King? Do you feel that way about all art? Is hanging a beautiful painting in your home an affectation?
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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oops double post
Last edited by Shotgunlover; 10/10/18 03:25 AM.
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Yes, I feel that way about all art. Like the wine game, a lot of humbug, bloody nonsense. For generations my family has been involved in art, several members professionally as painters. Nancy is a professional.painter, taught by Group of Seven Lismer, and Colville and Harris Jr.
What's a beautiful panting to me may be kitsch to others. But tarted-up shotguns as above make no sense to me; I'd feel foolish taking one into a blind. What's the point? I feel the same about my other religion: aircraft. Like Joe Wood, I have the best type for the mission. Gold leaf wouldn't be an improvement.
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This is the revealing bit from the catalog:
"The SL3 is also available in a mirror polished version, requiring hours of hand polishing on every surface.
Note: A fixed surcharge is applied on this version."
English makers have told me the same, it costs more to have the gun naked rather than hand engraved with the house style.
Funny that no comment was posted about the dummy sideplates.
If you want to see goofy side plates read the next article about the latest from AG&L.
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Yes, I feel that way about all art. Like the wine game, a lot of humbug, bloody nonsense. For generations my family has been involved in art, several members professionally as painters. Nancy is a professional.painter, taught by Group of Seven Lismer, and Colville and Harris Jr.
What's a beautiful panting to me may be kitsch to others. But tarted-up shotguns as above make no sense to me; I'd feel foolish taking one into a blind. What's the point? I feel the same about my other religion: aircraft. Like Joe Wood, I have the best type for the mission. Gold leaf wouldn't be an improvement. I guess I would argue, as might your wife, that an appreciation for art is not necessarily an affectation or a signal as to ones station in life. It may just be an appreciation for artistry. Fine if you dont care for it. No need to attribute to others base motivations that you have no idea if they exist or not. King, its your inner Commie sneaking out. lol
The world cries out for such: he is needed & needed badly- the man who can carry a message to Garcia
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