I couldn't answer that question but, in the last two weeks I have had three RBL owners contact me about chasing the engraving, Onr man said he was told that he could order the gun without engraving & wanted to consider having it done. Tony told him that the wait would be longer for a plain action sans engraving.
It is my opinion that there wouldn't be enough improvement in the overall look to justify the cost --- I wouldn't do it on mine if I owned a RBL. The only out would be to order a non etched action or have the engraving removed, left plain or re-engraved.
The checkering could be lightly recut enough to get past the burnt fiber & sealed. FWIW, Ken


Ken Hurst
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