Gentlemens:

Thank y'all for the kind words.

Stan:

It does indeed have a damascus skeleton grip cap. That was a one of kind hand filed affair. If I ever catch up I may start producing skeleton caps as well.

There are some pictures of the rifle on this site...
http://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbt...=32&fpart=1


Franchi:

Damascus screws... Interesting idea. I am unsure how it would look as the pattern would not match with the plate, but it would be an interesting experiment.


Jim Legg:

Not liking the looks of a skeleton plate is certainly sound grounds for not choosing one, and there is no argument that it is hard to beat a rubber pad for practical. I too thought the checkered wood/ skeleton plate would be extremely fragile and somewhat impractical. As it turns out, that is not the case in my experience. The damascus plate shown in the above picture is on one of my target rifles and has been shot many thousands of times in outdoor competition and really looks none the worse for it. The steel edge protects the wood quite well, and the checkered wood is a wonderful non slip surface.

While I would not choose a skeleton plate for a duck boat gun, I think the wrist and forearm checkering is more vunerable than the butt.

A very attractive and practical alternative to a skeleton but is a well done leather covered recoil pad.


Chuck H;

Thanks for the kind words. BTW, Mr. Mann has been selected to do the stockwork on the 2012 ACGG raffle gun. I have seen the gun, which is a finely sculpted Remington (1894, if I remember that correctly) and it is going be a thing of beauty when finished.

Best to all,

Glenn


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