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A raven seems to have been a fairly popular choice on varmit and other small caliber rifles back then. I can think of a few times I've seen them used pre war and early post war. But not much of late.

No I don't think steel inlays either. Not because of the difficulty in inlaying the stuff, but rather because of the color they are now.
The work is done 'in the white'. The resulting blue is from the whatever blueing process done to the receiver,,the inlays receive also.

In this case the cast steel(?) composition of the receiver later turned to the purple color seen. The darker color of the stippled and line cuts is common, same as when a grey finish is done.
I don't know the chemistry of it all, but they will turn when hot blued and a good chance of doing so when nitre blued too.
If steel inlays, the contrast should be as seen in the top tang repair splice,,the bright blue of carbon steel against the now turned purple cast receiver material.

I still vote for silver, but I doubt the seller would go for the eraser test on his 3K rifle at my suggestion!

You are right,,all we can do from a distance is guess...



This has been a most enjoyable thread..

When my wife and I visited Ireland, those "ravens" would come into town and sit on the roof tops at night. Similar to our crows but they called them "rooks". So would this qualify it as a rook rifle? I would assume they are in Germany too!
Did anybody notice the worm holes in the horn buttplate? They came pre and not post buttplate, correct??

This has puzzled me in the past. As I understand things, the FN/Browning horn buttplates with their very defined and relatively complicated logos were formed from liquefied horn pressed in a mold. If that was the case, wouldn't the heat kill any worms? Or were they formed by cutting instead of pressing? Or some other method?
Regards, Joe

Worm holes are after the plate was made. They will attack horn given the chance so keep an eye on your horn pieces. I have a few butt plates with worm holes from time but they have not gotten any worse. Maybe we don't have those kind of worms here in the US?

Yeh we do, I've mentioned this before. Had worms in my home-made powder horns!!!

These "worms" are the larvae of the common moth that also eat woolen cloth,and that you use mothballs against. Horn being only a compressed form of hair; throw a few mothballs in your trunk style gun cases to keep them at bay. A few in the gun room can't hurt either, just smells bad.

All the best, Mal

Terry found a nice low-wall at auction. I'll leave it to Terry to tell you which auction, or not.

Now that is what they should look like!

Terry,
I do not care about the auction, however knowing the particulars of the rifle would be nice. It is a very interesting piece.
If you choose wait till the auction closes.
Thanks

Here is the link to the auction - it is in Australia, so I will not bid. Lot 61 is the low wall - nice looking little rifle!

http://www.australianarmsauctions.com/catalogue_online_1.htm

My computer illiteracy does not permit me to copy two things, so I'll go retrieve the description, and if no one else is quicker, I'll post it here ASAP.