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would you rather have a new gun with extensive laser engraving or a gun with very limited hand engraving/none at all?
Most of the laser engraved guns I see these days have no 'soul' and I wish they would have skipped it all together.
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I do not care for laser engraving at all. Id rather have a plain gun than one with high tech engraving. But somebody must like it or at least not care about it otherwise it would not exist.
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For myself I'd lean to limited hand engraving (if done well) as opposed to a lot of laser engraving. Just a personal preference.
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I have a gun with extensive laser engraving. It looks OK, concise etc. If I could have ordered the gun without I would have. Bear in mind I ordered the gun to hunt with, not to look at. The hunting part I am very satisfied with. I can live with the looks! Nice wood works more magic with me.
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Absolutely no engraving would be my preference above any laser engraving. Unengraved top grade Purdeys and unengraved graded Parkers are much more elegant than poorly engraved or poorly reengraved examples.
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I have cheap crass tastes, I love my Ceasar Gurerini Investus 7 and my RBL is also very nice.
also the Gurerini dropper points formed by the checking is cute. But the thing I can't stand is the oil/wax finish on the CG. Turns a nice gun into a POS.
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While I certainly prefer hand engraving, I have to admit that the new laser style that can handle curves and such is impressive. The CG guns come to mind. I'm with the Chief, it's often the wood that flips my switch!
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All the laser engraving I have seen has been awful in my opinion, but I have not seen everything and I can imagine there is a style of laser work that is quite presentable. But I still may not like it as it removes the skilled craftsman from the equation.
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Laser engraving thats chased by hand is better than laser alone. Laser is the wave of the future, no doubt there. I clearly prefer hand engraving. Having said that, my vision sucks so bad now that Im getting older (you could tell by examining my sporting clays scores), Im not sure if laser engraving would even bother me all that much.
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great comments and thanks. I agree 100%. I recently bought a new gun that i REALLY like everything about... except the full coverage LASER engraving... 
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