Hey 458-Phil,
Here are some more photos.
Just back from the engraver.
Off to be blued, colored and assembled.
Going to color the safety shroud, the cross-bolts, and the trap grip cap.
Screws, trigger, extractor, bolt colar and safety plunger are being nitre blued.

The blank of wood in the photo is not the blank of wood that i used for this rifle.

Words are difficult to find to describe this.....
this is just spectacular.....and thanks for the photos!

thanks Vapo,
i am excited.
This is the biggest project i have been involved in for a personal gun of my own.
it is bigger than christmas when i was a little hunter.

Beautiful!
Who did the engraving?

- stu

From what I can she looks marvelous! DO you have any close-ups of the engraving, possibly with less glare on the metal?

Who did the engraving?

WHat type of scope mounts are those?

Was the engraving done before the stock was made?

Fella named Phil Quigley did the engraving for me. Very nicely done and Fast as well.

Marc, there should be some close ups of a few engraved pieces over on the Luxus site under the "Luxus Projects" section.
i know what you mean about the glare, it was tough to photo. The metal had been polished to about 400 I think and no matter how I moved the camera i was getting glare.
By the way, photography is not my best suit; trying to take photos of wood for the website is just as tough but for other reasons.
That blank in the above photos sat on our website for months! And at 7 or 800 dollars, hard to imagine. I once described that blank as a grizzly bear. It looked like the coat of a big golden grizzly with red and black streaks in it. It was bought a couple weeks ago.
All that said, it was not the blank I used for the stock, just for these photos. So to answer your question, no it was not engraved before it was stocked. Photos of the blank i did use for this project are also on the website. It was a relatively simple blank with regards to figure, although it had some very vivid fiddleback. The grain was fine and very hard with tiny pores.

The scope mounts are Joe Smithson's. He also built me a ghost ring for the rear base. It is much lower than his standard ghost ring/peep. It also has a brass insert in it and the outside around the brass will be niter blued. That should look beautiful together.
And YES, it is going to get hunted! Every chance i get. Rain, mud, snow, sleet and dry or humid heat. Sweat, rust and blood; oil to shield. In search of game and creature, into the sporting field we shall venture.

HBH,
Yes, it is the same 416 that was at SCI. I am more than pleased with the gun. I am not the easiest to please with regards to a gun. I like some of the English guns, but most importantly I like a gun that has life in your hands.
Some, if not most rifleman here, know what I am talking about.
This gun when assembled looks the part of a dangerous game rifle but swings and handles like an English SxS shotgun.
Why did the Mrs. show it to you, where was I?
As for the artwork, I very much enjoy what I do, and thank you.

If you can find a good mechanic to put those parts together for you, I think she might run.

Very, very nice, to say the least. You are doing it right!

Who is building this rifle for you - or are you doing it yourself?

That's just amazing. I hope we get to see lots of pictures of these pieces as they come together.

How is the Cooper deal working out for you guy's? I've been awfully tempted Unfortunatly I've got too many irons in the fire to get one going right now.

Terry

Oh my! Very very nice.

That bolt looks like it needs some swirls on it.

All I can say is "Wow"!

NO, i am not doing it, i know my limitations.!
Lon Paul is doing it for me.

The Cooper deal is working very well. The ads have not yet hit and they are selling pretty fast.
I am tempted to build a couple myself, but have not yet pulled the trigger.
I have been thinking for some time about a 222 rem and a 6 ppc. Need to find some nice wood though.
Swirls? i probably will not leave it as is, most likely have it blued.

Adam,

Really was just by chance that I got to see that rifle. While I was turning over your wood pile at the guild show your partner and I somehow got around to talking about Lon Paul and that sent me on the hunt for you when I got back over to SCI. I thought the 416 well thought out, I recall thinking here is rifle built to carry in hand all day. I saw it in the heat of the African bush. Well Done!

Many Thanks
HBH

I want to see that blued! Very, very nice.

Adam. i think a coat of flat black Rustoleum should knock that shine off.

Maybe when my rifle gets done we'll have to drag Lon off on some hunting adventure so we can use them like they are meant to be used.

hahaha
Man, how can you flip-flop from a statement like that to one that is such a good idea?

It must be all those years of bear hunting....10 days of boredom and 5 seconds of excitememt.
Scary thing is i KNOW you are serious about the paint!

As for the hunting...LETS GO, maybe we can get Mark H. to help out and we will do an article! hahaha
Yea, this is agood idea. Hunting with your rifle maker...instead of for him!

HBH,
I will have the rifle again with me at SCI this coming year.
My booth will be in the main room where the log cabin used to be. Stop by if you are there and i will be happy to show it to you. It should have some use on it by then however.
My thoughts on a rifle are simple, you carry it far more than you shoot it. Unless of course you've a porter.

Fjold,
I will post pics when it is blued and colored.
However, what i want to know from you was why you were running backwards away from that lovely lady when you filmed that avatar????????????????????
talk about dangerous game.

glad to hear that the metal has already been stocked and the blank was just a prop. I got the heebee geebees just thinking about stocking her as she sits! Can't wait to see how its looks after finishing.