It seems that some folks here may be way past due for their eye exam.
The wood is nice, but the blank, and the finished stock with the super shiny bowling pin polyurethane finish, appear to be two entirely different pieces of wood. The grain and figure is very different, and it is highly unlikely that turning or carving would bring out such a change on both sides.
Sadly the pitting still shows inside the action....
jOe, you simply must learn to stop telling the truth, if you want some of these guys to like you!
I thought this Bee guy was supposed to be a wonderful engraver. Maybe he just had a really bad week. Even without blowing up the pics, I could see numerous flaws and lack of detail. But I guess I've been spoiled by the engraving on my Lefever guns. Dan Lefever would have perhaps taken pity on this guy, and used him for simple scroll on H Grades. Then again, maybe not. Blow up the pics a little, and it only gets worse. The border around the game scenes on the action sides and bottom with those little circles is simply horrendous. There is no more charitable way to describe it. Those little circles look like they were stamped in after a night of heavy drinking. The detail on the dogs and birds is lacking, and it looks like a lot of the soulless laser cut engraving seen on modern guns.
Then there's that extensive pitting on the insides that jOe mentioned. What a pleasant surprise that would be to most of us if we bought an expensive gun, and found that hiding under the stocks. I was reminded of the saying, beauty is only skin deep. But the poor engraving and shiny polyurethane finish remind me more of a girl with way too much make-up.
Not that it matters much to Bob. There is certainly no sentimental attachment here... just another quicky upgrade to flip for profit, for a gun dealer who doesn't have an FFL. I wonder if the serial number was removed from this one like the other one we recently saw which was all but obliterated?