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I have to admite it: I hate oval inserts in the stock with initials or symbols.

But I love letters or symbols inserted directly in the stock.

They add so much detail and quality to a gun!!

I know premade letters where available to buy , son the owners initials could be fitted to the stock. Anyone knows of they are still available??

I have already made in silver, family logos that where inserted in the stock, but would love to insert brass letters. The ones I have seen also had tiny pegs soldered to the back side that will help retain the letter to the stock.

I will try to post an image of what I am looking for.

Nowadays letters could be but with laser and small peg welded, but if already available, that would be best

I’m not a fan of ovals either; however, I’ve never seen the kind of letters you describe. Please post a picture if you find one.

I far prefer an oval, here is my Gibbs .303 and you can see the letter "J" above the heel.

I prefer ovals over initials, but I dislike initials. One of my Cashmores has a blank that i have thoight about having engraved with a grouse, but it is hard to let go of the gun to have it done.

I prefer ovals, too. When you inlet letters the gun is changed forever into whatever you put there. With an oval that's not the case. If a subsequent owner wants to personalize it for himself he can have the oval replaced with a new one with his initials, or not.

JMPO,YMMV

Sawing out individual small letters of identical size is tedious.
Plus it left a great deal of waste when working with gold and silver
I used to get stamped out Roman style letters from T.B Hagstoz (709 Sansom St, Phila,,Pa) when I was buying gold & silver for my engraving projects.

It's an old school jewelry supply house with very helpful people to assist you.
I used to buy the letters from them for special projects when requested. They had them is some various sizes, but not everything on the planet of course.
Probably different fonts as well but I don't recall
ever asking for anything but Roman style letters.
I bought all of my gold and silver from them for 50yrs of working.

The letters (if they still offer them) will be simple, accurate cut outs but w/o any pegs on the back.
I used to simply soft solder a brass brad(flat head nail) to the back side using the head as the base up against the letter.
More than enough strength once inletted and epoxy glued into place.
Same thing with the gold ovals I used to supply. Those were 10k and they came from Hagstoz as well.

10k yellow gold was the usual choice for letters as well from customers though 18k looks very nice with a bit more color to it. The 24k expense (especially these days w/ $3500/oz gold!) can
be avoided that way and still get some bling to it.
Most inletted ovals were 10, 14 or 18k at most. Any softer and the engraving would wear off easily.

Give them a call,,they have an 800# so that's easy.
The order can be charged over the phone.
Shipping is quick if they are anything like my past experiences.

Hope this helps


https://jrow.org/t-b-hagstoz/

Ovals are temporary. Letters are permanent!

Well, If a gun has just letters, the solution is easy: remove them, and place an oval... So there is always a plan B if you fit letters, it will never undervalue a gun.

I send you a sample of a family symbol, place directly in the stock... Not gold, why would I need gold? I suspect it to be brass. But the result for me is second to none.... Fit an oval with the symbol engraved... it is not the same at all, at least for me!!!



I will post the result of initial letters in the stock when I get the image.

But here is an example of my dads business card holder in leather, with the initials in brass . The letters have a peg that is bent inside. Again, letters could have been stamped as usual, but placing metal ones, gives a quality and detailed aspect (I think)

Mark, both are glued to the wood... And if you dont want letters, just remove them, and place an oval. What cant be done is the other way round, remove an oval and place letters... as you could need to sand a lot the stock to level it again.

Many Many thanks for the link, I will try to contact them.

Yes, cutting individual perfect letters in silver, brass or gold is difficult. But nowadays with small CNC routers, and /or laser, it is very easy to cut letters.

And you are correct, you need to solder a peg

This is a short video I made of the process of cutting a symbol and placing it in the stock. Not bad for my first time jajaja
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DGanglUNj5l/?igsh=MXZyMmNtZjE1emp1ZQ==