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A couple more engraving photos.

My 9,3x62 on a leftie Winchester action. Engraving by Phil Vinnicombe.






















- stu
 
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Beautiful!! Even if the bolt is on the wrong side. Smiler
 
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That's nice! and not just the engraving.

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High quality work all the way around.
I especially like the treatment on the rear island and sights.


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Superb!


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Beautiful and very tasteful thumb


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That shell-type design on the sights and grip are very nice.
Looks like the leaves for the sights have some stippling?? I bet it takes away the glare and looks great too.
 
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Looks like the leaves for the sights have some stippling??

Yes, sight leaves and top of rib are stippled.


I don’t have too many regrets about this project. It would have been nice to have it built on a Mauser but there aren’t too many options for the “sinisterâ€. As it is I had to strip one of those “G†prefix Winchesters for its action.

Small correction. I believe the bolt knob was actually checkered/engraved by the metalsmith, Bob de Vries.

Here are the only work-in-progress pictures I have of the rifle being built. I managed one trip to Melbourne during that time. The metal work was very much in draft form but I could see it had promise. Wink








The scariest part of the project was being told the metal work was ready to be sent for engraving. The stockmaker, whose work and sense of style I both greatly admired and trusted gave me the recommendation.

But I’d seen no pictures or samples of Vinnicombe’s engraving beforehand. No web pages or email for quick communication. The engraving commission was organized by post and telephone. I spoke with him a few times and sent him some rough sketches of mine and some photos indicating some basic design ideas. That was all.

Then it was sit back and wait.

To say I was more than pleased with the results is an understatement.

And except for the rosette in the center of the floorplate, he took no notice of my design ideas! I thought he was only doing the lettering, stippling, some border work with a few small corner scrolls, plus the floorplate rosette. He covered much more metal than I had envisaged.

The other thing to note is this work was completed after the man had retrained himself after suffering health issues (stroke) a couple of years previous to taking on this job. I’m told his earlier work was even better.


Cheers,

- stu
 
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Stu,

That rifle is just breathtaking. That's the kind of work that you stare at for hours and marvel at what some craftsmen can do.
 
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It looks realy nice.I don't like the bolt knob engraving,it looks too machine like. All other engraving looks good.The stock also looks nice.
 
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Very nice and I love the bolt knob engaving


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Excellent rifle! I don't like engraved bolt knobs, but I like that one. thumb
 
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You have a VERY nice rifle there Stu. Has it drawn blood yet?



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Very pretty rifle. Excellent work all around.






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Great photos of a very nice rifle! You even manged to get the triggerguard and the floorplate in focus in the same pix! Tough to do.
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Thanks for all the nice comments from everyone.

I really enjoy seeing other people’s rifle pictures posted on this site and have been meaning to take some of my own for a long time. Finally worked out a few issues and got to it over the weekend.

Doug H –
with a young family I don’t get to do nearly as much hunting as I would like to. This rifle was taken on a cull hunt in Nth Queensland just after I picked it up and I shot a few feral cattle and horses with it. It’s also been carried in the field a few other times without any further kills being put next to its name.

Steve –
I wish I had a studio to work in but the only suitable place to take photos in my apartment is on my balcony, which is only about 4 ½ feet wide. I have a small Sony pocket digital camera and a mini table tripod. I just hung a sheet against the back wall, set-up the camera on the tripod and used the self-timer function. The camera did the rest.

I’m pretty happy with the photo results but I still need to work on lighting and shadows. It’s also amazing the lint that shows up on the metalwork once the photos are enlarged.


Thanks again.
- stu
 
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Very beautiful engraving.
I love that bolt handle.

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Other than the sinistre actione it's wonderful!
 
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Gotta add....real...real nice work! Well presented!
 
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Very nice - I too really like what you had done on the rear sight!
 
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Beautiful! Congratulations!


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