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I think well done engraving is the finsihing touch on a fine gun. I will agree that there are certain guns which just don't quite look right when engraved.
In my opinion there is nothing finer than the finest bullino engraving on an Italian double gun. The engraving on the outside should match the quality on the inside. No one can see how pretty the locks are on a gun without taking it apart. They may be works of art as impressive as the engarving but you wouldn't know it, certainly not when sitting on a rack.
It's like having a Ferrari in primer coat. It'll work the same but it's the package that makes it impressive.
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For the most part, I like my American guns stewpot plain!
...and not middle management - I have arrived.
and Timothy, the "hunger" has been replaced with the comfort of knowning I've a damn well good enough gun. I will keep the Beesley Sle 12b., and prolly sell/trade the rest.
My interests today are modern smallbore rifles and small game hunting. My land is an easy short drive, has plenty of game and the seasons are long. With all that goes with old shotguns and shotgunning today, my tastes have changed(still will chase a duck or two).
So I guess those plain American guns in your closet are smallbore rifles? Mike
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The saddest engraving "snapshot" I've ever seen is the "transition" from bird to flower pot of the Citori "Golden Clays" pattern. Not much different than instructions for writing a letter of resignation.
Isn't that pattern a takeoff of an old theme? I've seen the quail and clay bird combo somewhere on an old target gun.
Dodging lions and wasting time.....
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You are absolutely right. Like the saying goes, why shoot an ugly gun? But on the sides of my gun, rabbit, I would like to have a picture of Obama on one side and his newest running mate, Hillary on the other side. Or maybe even a dog splashing through the water, chasing after a duck would be nice, too. It is hard to make these hard decisions sometimes.
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I've a Phila Sterlingworth and Remington 1894 - both shockingly plain the way they should be.
The Kimber and Cooper rimfire rifles are not.
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I've never had a Remington 1894 in my hands but I really like the Philly Sterlingworths. 12 bore?
Best,
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Mike, both are 12s as field grades should be.
The Remington, a turn of the century gun and the Sterlingworth a 1920s gun. Something our great grandfathers and grandfathers would have used.
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Field grade 12s are so s[t]olid, so authentic, so sincere, so utilitarian, so much cheaper. Man, if I had money, everything would have itty bitty holes in the end, weigh 5 lbs. and have lightning bolts; maybe Reddy Kilowatt holding one in each fist. But I don't so I'm stuck with solid, authentic, sincere, utilitarian, and affordable. I intend to make a virtue of it but you don't have to.
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You forgot unpretentious Rabbit. In those days, a 12g would serve you well on fowl, birds, rabbits and vermin.
Those itty bitty holes were for the uppity farmer with too much time on his hands.
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[quote=rabbit Man, if I had money, everything would have itty bitty holes in the end, weigh 5 lbs. and have lightning bolts; maybe Reddy Kilowatt holding one in each fist.jack [/quote]
Reddy Kilowatt, huh. He used to be the Georgia Power Co. totem; haven't heard a reference to him in years. Yeah, I'd like to see that engraved on a gun of mine too...Geo
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