Scotty you are very welcome.
Mark that is a great thread you linked to. Very nice gun and the partridge and pheasant are nearly identical between yours and mine. Mine is also a twenty gauge. Quite a bit of detailed information in it about our guns.
I bought mine from Kirby Hoyt last week. He is having a leather pad put on it for me. I haven't had it in my hands yet. Here is a link to the gun:
http://www.vintagedoubles.com/inventory.php?sort=4&process=fullview&gunID=1541If you are using the
Internet Explorer browser zoom up to 200% or 300%. For some reason Kirby's pictures have enough pixels in them to enlarge.
I like the scalloped back on yours.
I keep looking at the screw on the floorplate with the off-center slot cut in it (my gun). Wonder if the "screwer" had had a few pints too many at lunch and then cut the slot that afternoon.
Whew boy, I've just gotta admit it; most, if not all, modern engraving leaves me cold. all the fancy swirls with their black backgrounds, all the "gorgeous" bulino game scenes.... and I'm talking about stuff you'll find on new Westley Richards, Holland & Holland, etc., really higher echelon (and dinero) stuff. Does this make me a bad person?
I like both but on old Birmingham guns the Bulino would certainly be out of place!
Best,
Mike
