Nice score buckstix. Whoever built this rifle deserves some recognition. Hopefully you can find out. This took some skill and experience, so it almost certainly wasn't a one-off.
Is the uncheckered areas surrounding the fleur-de-lis' stippled? I've never seen that before. Thanks for the info on the risks associated with shooting low numbered Springfields too.
Hello keith
Thanks for the reply.
The background areas around the Fluers are stippled.
This exact style of checkering is shown and described on pages 46, 47, 48, in Monty Kennedy's book; "The Checkering and Carving of Gunstocks". It is labeled as the no. 8 pattern. There is also a picture on page 291 showing a rifle checkered by Jerry Fisher with this same pattern.
