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416 Rigby. English scroll
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Scrollcutter
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Here's another well built rifle.

Dave Nolan built this rifle. Round barrel with integral 1/4 rib, banded front sight and sling mount. Smithson scope mounts.







Roger Kehr
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Sagebrush Burns
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Very nice, elegant and minimalist.
 
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MJines
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Very nice. How someone could prefer an animal engraving over that tasteful engraving is beyond me.


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Mike McGuire
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Very nice. How someone could prefer an animal engraving over that tasteful engraving is beyond me.


Agree 100%
 
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.366torque
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Superb!!
 
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Tsquare2
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Roger,

Super nice work. To my eye, that is how fine engraving should be.
 
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I know it's a super small detail, but I'm particularly fond of the arrow used on the safety.
 
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Beautiful - you're very talented.


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I think the scroll is very nice.I would opt out for the "five cartridges"... and would replace that area with scroll or a simple picture of a buff head or horns.
 
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Metal is simply a canvas for an artist to do their work on.If it is fully covered or barely covered makes no difference.I would rather have scroll or an animal head in the center of the floor plate than lettering.I am sure a rifle builder would want to leave his mark someplace but IMO it should not be there.I am guessing this was originally a gunmakers idea of leaving their logo or symbol.
 
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Matabele
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Beautiful work scrollcutter, I wouldn't change a thing.
 
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Very tastefully done minimalistic scroll work including the wording on the magazine floor plate although personally I feel a rifleman does not need to be told the magazine holds five cartridges. This is almost in keeping with you Americans predilection for engraving your rifles with safety warnings and inviting the rifleman to read the instruction manual before use Wink

If wanting something more then “416 Rigby Nitro Express” would have been nice and in keeping with the early nomenclature of the cartridges of that era don’t you think?
 
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Very tastefully done minimalistic scroll work including the wording on the magazine floor plate although personally I feel a rifleman does not need to be told the magazine holds five cartridges. This is almost in keeping with you Americans predilection for engraving your rifles with safety warnings and inviting the rifleman to read the instruction manual before use Wink

If wanting something more then “416 Rigby Nitro Express” would have been nice and in keeping with the early nomenclature of the cartridges of that era don’t you think?

The five cartridges is a Rigby thing.It is a symbol used by Rigby to promote a rifle whose magazine holds an extra round over the competitors.Unless for some reason I wanted to build an identical modern copy of that original Rigby rifle I don't see why I would go for it.I am not a Rigby cheerleader.
 
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Beautiful and tasteful engraving. The beauty of a custom is you can get it just the way YOU want it. Others be damned.


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Very nice. How someone could prefer an animal engraving over that tasteful engraving is beyond me.


Mike how can you say that after you have seen my Jeffery?


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MJines
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LOL. My Boswell will give your Jeffery engraving a run for its money. Pity the other English double makers did not follow Holland & Holland's lead and stick to scroll.


Mike
 
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Beautiful and tasteful engraving. The beauty of a custom is you can get it just the way YOU want it. Others be damned.


+2....... Regardless of one's own personal tastes it is very well executed......looks great.
 
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Very Nice Roger, In all aspects. Its pretty, tasteful precise and there's not too much of it. And for the man who is building or has built a custom rifle, I hope you get or got it just like you wanted.
 
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I would have to disagree...the lettering is "class" Too much engraving on a hunting rifle is "1949 Whore House"


I know nothing of '49 vintage whore houses, but I'm in 100% agreement with you. Cool
 
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