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Nice rifle but what is it with the Germans and their damned fetish for carving, whether on wood or metal? I would prefer traditional engraving of the buff rather than his being carved into the metal and the same goes for the leaves on the rib. I can't tell you how many nice stocks on German rifles I have seen that were ruined by having damned leaves, berries, birds, stags, woodchoppers heading off to work, and everything else under the sun carved into the wood when simple checkering is all that is necessary. Some of them look like damn cuckoo clocks with barrels. Just my opinion, excuse my rant. Beautiful rifle but I would prefer a more understated, English style.
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Originally posted by Cane Rat: Nice rifle but what is it with the Germans and their damned fetish for carving, whether on wood or metal? I would prefer traditional engraving of the buff rather than his being carved into the metal and the same goes for the leaves on the rib. I can't tell you how many nice stocks on German rifles I have seen that were ruined by having damned leaves, berries, birds, stags, woodchoppers heading off to work, and everything else under the sun carved into the wood when simple checkering is all that is necessary. Some of them look like damn cuckoo clocks with barrels. Just my opinion, excuse my rant. Beautiful rifle but I would prefer a more understated, English style.
Ditto,
It's a Teutonic gene to do nothing with elegance or understatement.
It is one of the more well done German engraving jobs that I've seen however. It's very well executed it's just not in my preferred style.
Originally posted by Cane Rat: Nice rifle but what is it with the Germans and their damned fetish for carving, whether on wood or metal? I would prefer traditional engraving of the buff rather than his being carved into the metal and the same goes for the leaves on the rib. I can't tell you how many nice stocks on German rifles I have seen that were ruined by having damned leaves, berries, birds, stags, woodchoppers heading off to work, and everything else under the sun carved into the wood when simple checkering is all that is necessary. Some of them look like damn cuckoo clocks with barrels. Just my opinion, excuse my rant. Beautiful rifle but I would prefer a more understated, English style.
Dang Andy, There you go, peeing lesser members again. You may be onto something though........Double Rifles with cuckoo clocks coming out of the stock.
First: This is an nice Forum, with great experts and informations.
Second: Some statements to: It's a Teutonic gene to do nothing with elegance or understatement. or Nice rifle but what is it with the Germans and their damned fetish for carving This have nothing to do with Germany. This beautifull gun is an bespoken gun. You cn get it with whatever you want. With nothing, with light engraving, hard engraving (with naked girls if you want, and pay :-)) or an hard bling-bling weapon. Our wepon-culture is state of the art, function and tradition. The graving is from nothing to ..., thats your decision.
Thanks for posting the pics Dr. FM but the style of engraving in your pics is exactly what I was referring to. That carved, deep relief, Teutonic style is not to my liking just as I don't care for leaves and birds and what not carved into rifle stocks when checkering will suffice.
To each his own, I just don't care for it, I prefer something more understated but that's just my opinion.
Here is an example of what I consider to be tasteful engraving. Nganga's .500 NE
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Originally posted by eezridr: Outstanding "except" that buffalo has a compassionate look in his eyes. Need to work on those eyes and put some anger in them.
EZ
Maybe it is a compassionate buffalo.
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I think it is darn amazing what they can do with a rusty nail and a claw hammer. Welcom to the forum Dr.FM Bill
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Originally posted by eezridr: Outstanding "except" that buffalo has a compassionate look in his eyes. Need to work on those eyes and put some anger in them.
EZ
That look is actually very accurate. That's the look they have when they're deciding on how they want to die. I think the one in the engraving is leaning toward "old age".
Don't worry, Chris will provide the "like you owe him money" look. Still give me chills....
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You guys are right... crappy engraving kills the value on this gun! Hey Chris, I will take this one off your hands for pennies on the dollar to save you the embarassment of having to post the rifle pictures on a public forum... after all what self-respecting buffalo would agree to being shot with such a rifle.
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