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Thanks all for posting! and please do let us know who the engraver was.
Vall, is that all original factory work?
I just had a MAJOR computer event, but I'll try and scare up a few pix after I reload.

The Stevens are all factory work, but the Hepburn and the #4 are both Dale Woody's work.

A G&H, I believe an unsigned Fugger with a varmint theme, .250-3000.

Michael Dubber engraved, SDH gunmaker, 25-20 WCF

A Garbi 20 ga. SDH custom, Larry Peters engraving.

And one of my all-time favorites a Perugini & Visini Eagle break-open .270 engraved by my friend Claudio Tomasoni with, a pair of Ibex with reflections in lake and Mt. tops in distance, a Fallow buck sniffing a doe and a chamois with steep hillside and forest over his shoulder. Great Stuff!

Claudio's signature can be faintly seen on the visual left side of the trigger plate next to the last lobe of engraving. It doesn't match the engraving on the other side.
Stag on the trigger guard.

(Thanks Vall, I thought some looked more modern!)

Just a warning. Be very careful on this site. It can make you very discontented!

Just a few weeks ago I was happy with my rifles and shotguns. I was blissfully unaware that my life was incomplete. Oh I was thinking I might need a better .22, a nice single shot perhaps. Then I found this site and Michael started posting pictures of his vintage sporters.

I've always admired the G&H type Springfield sporters, especially a particular 7x57 that John Amber had. In a moment of weakness I remembered a friend had a nice double heat treated '03 Springfield action and I innocently wondered outloud if JD might like to make a G&H style Springfield sporter.

It has been slippery slope since then. A few talks with JD, some really nice stock wood, and a casual mention that I might consider a bit of engraving. Naw, I really don't need engraving. ---- Do I? Next thing I'm doodling possible designs and, all of a sudden I'm exchanging emails and phone calls with Ken Hurst.

I don't actually remember doing any of this. It just happened. And now I feel a need for a low wall .22.

Beware.

Jerry Liles

If you build a .22 low wall, I can make some suggestions. Perhaps slightly odd ones, but you won't get them anywhere else. I gleefully stole style ideas from SDH's book. But one thing I couldn't pull off was the capbox in the side of the stock for holding about 5 cartridges. That and Joe's little grip cap trap and I would have it all.

Joe, how does that darn thing go on?

Steve, I was looking at the Custom Rifles book ala Terry's suggestion and you have some low wall's with very minimal engraving that I really like (and might be able to afford). Any more pictures like those?

Brent

I am simply amazed it is incredible what those skilled folks can get out of a piece of iron.

The first LW is the most beautiful and elegant LW I have ever seen, thanks for showing.

Michael

Brent, I have one of the small cap boxes but decided not to copy Steve's treatment, at least not right now.

The unique grip cap is sold by Brownell's and the lid attaches via a 90-degree dovetail identical in design to the Redfield/Leupold style only smaller. These grip caps are offered in several different styles and shapes, both trap- and non-trap-door and they really offer a lot of engraving area plus unparalleled braggin' rights. One caution: a normal trap grip cap requires at least mid-level skill to fit properly but this one is more difficult by at least one order of magnitude. I suggest that you use a truly expert stockmaker.

This grip cap emphasized to me, once more, that I am still learning.
Regards, Joe