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So, where can I get a grip cap???? I'm sure I can get it engraved at any jewelry shop.

Jewelry stores will typically have a pantograph for engraving. The cut is made with a little rotary file. A master pattern is followed with a stylus. The cut will be a round bottom U Groove with a rough finish. Most jewelry stores don't want to engrave steel since its hard on their tools. Jewelry is very soft. I had a steel object engraved at a jewelry store many years ago. It came out ok but the store owner wasn't happy because it dulled his graver.

Hand engraving will have a V shaped groove that the artist rolls to flatter or steeper angles to provide width and depth to the lettering.

Junnie
I think you should consider what general message of the respondents has been. They are a knowledgeable group. They are really saying its would be an embarrassment to them to have a laser etched gun like you described. You wouldn't want your grandson to come to be embarrassed about something you intended him to be proud of. You're One of many that have posted here about similar modifications over the years. Do your grandson right and take some the advice here.

Junnie, This is to second Chuck's thoughts.

I would like to believe a future grandchild will share my appreciation for a personalized firearm. The odds are stacked pretty heavily against it. OTOH, odds are there will be a time when the grandson could use some cash.

Those on this forum share a longstanding interest in firearms, and are the type of buyers who will end up with it. They have spoken loud enough.

My parents were in real estate decades ago, and imparted the following: "buy as though you are selling". A laser-etched 42 repro would beg for a correct Gr 5 stock for me to make it "right" again. That may not be so easy to locate in 30 years. I do not mind small, tasteful plaques, engraved buttplates or grip caps. And properly done initials on receivers can be found throughout books on Winchester engraving.

Also, a poor execution of a good plan won't cut it, either. I would ask Pauline Muerrle (a semi-retired Winchester factory engraver) for ideas. I don't know if see if she might do the work, but she frequents SGW's Winchester forum - you could PM her.

Sam

Thanks for the idea's.... I don't think my grandson will need cash in the future.

His grandmother will send him to any university in the world, period. He's the only grandchild and will inherit everything. Of course it will be a trust so he doesn't piss it away on wine, women and fun. . .

I suppose I could always purchase other wood for the gun. I really don't like the acrylic or polymer finish on Browning's Grade V guns. Does any know for sure what type of finish they use on there guns? It always looks like cheap plastic stock. Thanks....... Junnie

I agree with the approach to real estate. I always purchase to sell, never fell in love with any property, although I should of bought acre's of farm ground and put in a trust.... too bad too sad. . . .

I'm curious as to why most are against engraving the stock???

There's some real pretty stock engraving on many german guns, true most are hand engraved. There's some real pretty laser engraving. This is only a cheap shot gun. If I paid ten thousand, it would give me pause.

Thanks...... Junnie.....

Junnie, I just think names engraved in the stock make a gun look, er, kinda cheap, goes against my grain , so to speak.I just don't think the stock wood is the place for that.
Thats why I'd go for a plaque, grip cap or but plate job.How about a nicely old style scripted letter tucked under the butt plate along with a $100 bill?
No offence meant of course.
franc

Since you asked, it's just cheesey. It ruins a perfectly acceptable gun for any future owner and will be be a potential embarrassment to your grandson when he carries it in public. It is completely tasteless and inappropriate. Shows a definite lack of class and refinement. Just my opinion.

You are getting the advice and opinions you have asked for, but it seems like you are not listening. Your gun, screw it up if you want to.

I agree 100%.

Junnie,
That a laser cut embellishment on the side of the stock could be embarrassing to your grandson which also could also have the effect that he could choose to not use the gun, except in your presence to please you of course. I would think that would be the opposite of what you want. Keeping a gift from a loved one out of respect is different than really cherishing the item itself. If it sits in his safe for his entire life unused, out of respect for you, have you given what you envisioned?

I can't recall how many funnie looking shirts my mother has bought me over the years, that I never wore, but piled up in my closet in the original packaging.

BTW, the Browning 42 G5 is a very nice, well made gun.