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I am picking this up this coming week. A custom Al Biesen Mauser 98 in 30-06. It's a "one family" gun... ordered in 1952, delivered in 1955. With the rifle are several pages of correspondence between the customer and Al... some of the "back & forth" is pretty interesting. Nothing I've read mentions who did the engraving. Anyone familiar with any engravers known to have collaborated with Al Biesen back in the 1950's? The bear on the floorplate began life as a $20 gold piece...it was done by Sid Bell. The customer wanted a "Gartman" barrel and Al obliged. It has the Neidner designed trap buttplate (Al discusses in the correspondence how he had to start making them due to sourcing issues)