I bought this Mauser based 7mm Rem Mag rifle. The receiver has awful engraving. Looks like the "coat of arms" label that you see on a cheap bottle of imported Bulgarian red wine.

I said to the guy. That's the sort of engraving that's best viewed and enjoyed from twenty feet away!

It's a Parker Hale M81 so NOT this picture but engraving is similar. And to think that people paid EXTRA for it!

So my question how to fill it in or get rid?

I'm thinking that the top of the the front and rear receiver rings can, maybe, be stippled?

The sides of the receiver? Can you metal spray it out? Or someone suggested JB WELD then duracote?

Or am I best just to get a replacment receiver and just migrate the original bolt and barrel to them?

If the engraving isn't too deep it may be easiest to simply stone it off.

Typical Santa Barbara engraving it looks like. haven't seen one in a while, can't remember how deep it is.

Thaks for your input.

As it is a late 1980's Parker Hale I also think it is Santa Barbara engraving.

Certainly looks typical European cut with a hammer assistance into the already hardened metal.

Why don't you just remove that gold color (if it's just paint) / paint the engraving, for instance black. That would get rid of the "gaudy" look - worth a try. --- John303.

Change the reciever.

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Originally posted by D Humbarger:
Change the reciever.

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Originally posted by thirdbite:
Is it really worth much effort or cost for a Santa Barbara action?

+1

As the OP I have to say that this appears an accurate rifle, a "keeper" as it were...but the engraving is quite unpleasant to the eye.

The engraving will not be nearly so conspicuous if the receiver is blued a matte black.

I have to agree tha simply removing the gold coloring will improve the look a lot. At least the engraving will be far less comspicuous.

The gold (paint) infill is not on my rifle...thank God...just on the one in the picture. Mine was spared that and just has the engraving alone.

The matt blue idea has merit. I can replicate this with Hard Hat Matt Black spray or suncorite paint. I might do that.

Any ideas on a more permanent modification by metal spray?

Take it right off. Belt grinder does the work quickly if you're confident working with one.
Otherwise you can work over the S/B action starting w/files. There's no case hardened surface there IIRC on those. Just HT and drawn. The engraver certainly didn't have any problem cutting it!

What looks like very deep engraving isn't as deep as most think. The wide flaired cuts add to the look of extreme depth.