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Old 11-03-2013, 03:58 PM
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Here is another engraving I just finished. The gun was built by Jerry Scales and John Smith. Thay asked me to engrave this in a high style german engraving. I thought you might like to see this rifle.
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Old 11-03-2013, 04:19 PM
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Here are the photo"s
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Old 11-03-2013, 04:54 PM
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Old 11-03-2013, 05:05 PM
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Old 11-03-2013, 10:47 PM
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I don't use the computer very often so posting thease photos is not easy for me to do.
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Old 11-03-2013, 11:03 PM
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The photo of this lock is the original lock that I copied to engrave this German rifle. I got this photo off Ebay.
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Hi John,

Looks very elegant and professional

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Old 11-23-2013, 10:46 AM
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Outstanding work by all involved.
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The photo of this lock is the original lock that I copied to engrave this German rifle. I got this photo off Ebay.
It looks like it's the lock on a Jaeger rifle that was on Bolk Antiques a little while back.

Please don't tell me this gun got parted out and the lock ended up on ebay.
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