While the engraving is somewhat odd I have no difficulty believing all is original and as it left the factory. There is definitely two different qualities of engraving, premium on the forend fastener and the barrel underlug, which I cannot explain. But the clincher for me for originality, is the border engraving on the Locks, barrels, action, and around the toplever screw flows together and appears to be of the same hand. I would have expected more engraving on the locks but wonder if this gun wasn't a prototype or some other "one off" edition. It just seems "right". I do think the price estimates are way on the high side. If there were a active collector market for Scotts then variations might warrant significantly higher prices but alas, there are none similar to what some American makes have gathered. It is a nice early Scott that probably has a lot of shooting life left in it.
Last edited by Joe Wood; 01/25/12 04:18 PM.
