Heres some preliminary photos that some may appreciate of a deep relief scoll engraved pattern that has just been finished. With a little luck I should be able to add photos of the complete rifle before the weekend. Caliber 375H&H Mag.


sor2 finished (1) by soroka07, on Flickr

And of course the other side.

sor2 finished (4) by soroka07, on Flickr

I think it is one of the more dramatic patterns I have seen. It will be interesting to see it after colour casing and wrapped up in its Turkish walnut blanket.

very nice!!

Beautiful!

However,I don't think I'd have it color cased as, in my opinion (take it for what it's worth), the colors would just compete with the engraving and both would suffer. It would just be too much of a good thing.

Jerry Liles

Agreed on the colour case. I have it hardened and then clean it up and leave it French gray.

That would look very nice.

Jerry Liles

Very nice indeed.

Is that something you do yourself or you get someone else to do the engraving ?


Agree re no CCH, that's why Holland's lok so good in the Silver / Black and IMHO, not as good in CCH.

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No, my talents dont extend to engraving. I select the designs and or work with clients wishes and commission the work.

Gorgeous!

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Originally posted by soroka:
No, my talents dont extend to engraving. I select the designs and or work with clients wishes and commission the work.

Thanks - I knew you were talented, I just didn't know if it extended to engraving.

Just like the English gun trade, out source to the specialists.

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Pics of the 3 rilfes we have taken to the Moscow Arms and Hunting show,

375 deep relief-2 by soroka07, on Flickr

375 deep relief-1 by soroka07, on Flickr

Soroka 07 375 deep relief-3 by soroka07, on Flickr

Soroka 07 300 englsh scroll-1 by soroka07, on Flickr

Soroka 07 300 English scroll by soroka07, on Flickr

Soroka 07 -270 lhs by soroka07, on Flickr

Soroka 07 270 rhs by soroka07, on Flickr

Captivating.

Would you be so kind to post once it is hardened? I'm not quite sold that it will not be wonderful!

Very pretty, much closer to jewelry than a practical gun.

Very nice, the only thing missing is a full
octagon barrel. That to me makes a custom rifle.

Magnificent. A work of art.

Damn nice looking rifle!

Damn, Too bad those single shots aren't good for anything

Wonderful work.

Thanks, I am glad there are others that enjoy the pictures. Yesterday we finished the Moscow Arms and Hunting fair where quite a few highend European gunmakers were displaying their work, e.g Peter Hoffer, Fanzoj, Christian Springer, Karl Hauptmann, Werner Bartolot etc and it was very satisfying for our work to be closely examined by most of these very high end makers and to receive significant compliments re design, fit and form. One of the above gurus, after closely examining one of my rifles for 15 minutes or so (when I was out of the booth), turned to my wife and said, "whoever put this rifle together knows exactly what he is doing". Shortly after this I came back to the booth and was introduced to him and we talked about rifles, his and mine. He was shown the internal mechanism in detail and was very complimentary of what he saw. This gentleman subsequently brought back one of his clients and gently recommended that he buy a rifle which resulted in a order for a highly engraved rifle from us. Anyway, when one is a new maker, it is very nice to be appreciated by those that have long standing reputations in the industry for extremely high quality (and prices). The Europeans dont seem to be so hung up on just the "old names", they appreciate good quality when they see it and accept that it takes time to achieve such results and will pay accordingly. The vast majority of Russians however are not aware of the falling block single shot as an action type but did show reasonable interest in the concept. However to try and expand our business we have made the decision to start making Mauser bolt actions in the tradional English style, essentially a bolt action version of our single shot which will give those who want a high end English styled bolt gun the opportunity to get their hands on a rifle in say 6-8 months rather than waiting the 3-5 years they have to wait for a rifle from one of the custom makers.

It is interesting to see the difference in what makers charge for their work in the USA and Europe. Most US gunmakers of any talent give their rifles away, comparatively speaking. A Fanzoj bolt action Mauser for example in a Moscow shop sells for between $50,000 and $70,000. A sparsely engraved new production Mauser sells for approx $28,000. When I mentioned to some of the europeanmakers what the US makers charged they shrugged their shoulders and said you cannot make any money charging this much. So, I guess I now have a very different perspective of what rifles can potentially sell for when sold on the international market.

"essentially a bolt action version of our single shot"

Does this mean, single shot mauser action? Or, am I reading the message wrong?

No, What I mean is a "normal" Mauser 98 repeater bolt action but with a Rigby styled stock, or very similar to the stock shape on our falling block.

How much would the lightly engraved rifle[the one with Swarovski scope] cost ? depending on the wood ? Thanks

Hi Tankhunter,
PM sent.
Regards Glenn

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Originally posted by 458Win:
Damn, Too bad those single shots aren't good for anything

Wonderful work.

Yes, especially when its chambered in something as ineffective as say a 30-06, then you really have got a useless rig.

Glen,
your gentle natured sarcasm is executed and delivered with the same finess and precision as the detail of your metalwork and the fine lines on your rifle stocks (l.o.l) !

Beautiful!