I sure enjoy looking at them, but not interested in owning one .
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Thoughts on Engraved Revolvers
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1. Engraving on a pistol is gaudy for myself, it reminds me of the cap guns we all had as kids. However the engraving on shotguns with game bird and animal scenes look nice.
2. All my revolvers are IL. The hole and the reasoning behind the hole really annoys me but I can't afford to buy all pre IL revolvers. I just live with it.
3. In 40 years I will be ashes.
2. All my revolvers are IL. The hole and the reasoning behind the hole really annoys me but I can't afford to buy all pre IL revolvers. I just live with it.
3. In 40 years I will be ashes.
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One question on engraved pistols, can you even shoot them? It seems that taking metal off in areas which get significant pressure would make the gun a display only.
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dont really care for it,unless one of the old masters has done the entire revolver
For me it depends totally on the engraving - I see many I don't like, and a lot that I do. And it's really hard for me to specify what it is I like. If I was having one engraved, I'd have to give him pictures of guns I likes - and actually, that's probably how I'd pick the engraver anyway, by previous work.
I didn't used to like it on blued guns, but have suddenly seen the light on that.
IL, I wouldn't but as has been said, times will change.
Art will always be art.
I didn't used to like it on blued guns, but have suddenly seen the light on that.
IL, I wouldn't but as has been said, times will change.
Art will always be art.
J frame for years
Since this is an "opinion poll" all entries weigh the same. My $0.02 worth:
1. Done by Master Engravers = Works of Art (and seemingly priced accordingly)
2. A waste of money at this time with laminated (or even plastic) grips, 2 piece barrels, MIM parts (I'm not detracting from function..just appearance).
3. At age 75, unless I can somehow get to be the worlds oldest living person...in 40 years I'll either be gazing down on the engraved beauties of the year2020, or I'll be so busy fighting fires that I won't have an opportunity to gaze upward at these guns...so any opinion I have don't count.
With above opinions duly registered with the officialdom of poll takers, I will add that I had an opportunity to buy a hand engraved, by a Master Engraver (Mr. Ben Shostle..Founder of the FEGA (Firearms Engravers Guild of America) S&W Model 60.
It was a work of art! Sterling Silver inlays, deep relief style, Big Horn Sheep (very dense) grips, detail you could not believe (blow up the picture of the sheep head and you can see hand engraved eye lashed!). Paid a pile of money for this gun, fondled it for several years (never shot it), sold it for exactly the same amount I paid so I could acquire more shooters.
I feel like other posters that engraving on shotguns is another matter. They are all alike in any particular model (like my Ithaca Model 37..the scenes are I believe roll stamps based on a pattern from an Ithaca employee many years ago. Mine is a 1962. Another shotgun I have is a Pedersoli, made when the old man (Davide Pedersoli) still owned and controlled the factory, and the 12 ga O/U scenes appear to be hand cut (deep relief) however this gun was never a high priced Citori type gun so I'm assuming the scenes were somehow machine roll stamped. I haven't ever seen, or been around anyone else that had on of these older guns, so no way to compare and nowadays Pedersoli is a gun mill cranking out Black Powder repops. I love both of these shotguns and have spent much time in field or high/low house time, so never tried to put values on them but probably both are still around $300 to $400 if one could find a buyer.
Finally....I'm so cheap that I'm like some others on this Forum. I appreciate fine art in guns...so just look at any of RK Mesa's beautiful picture posts, or Doc44 on Magnums and drool away all day long. It is better than a visit to a museum.
Since this is an "opinion poll" all entries weigh the same. My $0.02 worth:
1. Done by Master Engravers = Works of Art (and seemingly priced accordingly)
2. A waste of money at this time with laminated (or even plastic) grips, 2 piece barrels, MIM parts (I'm not detracting from function..just appearance).
3. At age 75, unless I can somehow get to be the worlds oldest living person...in 40 years I'll either be gazing down on the engraved beauties of the year2020, or I'll be so busy fighting fires that I won't have an opportunity to gaze upward at these guns...so any opinion I have don't count.
With above opinions duly registered with the officialdom of poll takers, I will add that I had an opportunity to buy a hand engraved, by a Master Engraver (Mr. Ben Shostle..Founder of the FEGA (Firearms Engravers Guild of America) S&W Model 60.
It was a work of art! Sterling Silver inlays, deep relief style, Big Horn Sheep (very dense) grips, detail you could not believe (blow up the picture of the sheep head and you can see hand engraved eye lashed!). Paid a pile of money for this gun, fondled it for several years (never shot it), sold it for exactly the same amount I paid so I could acquire more shooters.
I feel like other posters that engraving on shotguns is another matter. They are all alike in any particular model (like my Ithaca Model 37..the scenes are I believe roll stamps based on a pattern from an Ithaca employee many years ago. Mine is a 1962. Another shotgun I have is a Pedersoli, made when the old man (Davide Pedersoli) still owned and controlled the factory, and the 12 ga O/U scenes appear to be hand cut (deep relief) however this gun was never a high priced Citori type gun so I'm assuming the scenes were somehow machine roll stamped. I haven't ever seen, or been around anyone else that had on of these older guns, so no way to compare and nowadays Pedersoli is a gun mill cranking out Black Powder repops. I love both of these shotguns and have spent much time in field or high/low house time, so never tried to put values on them but probably both are still around $300 to $400 if one could find a buyer.
Finally....I'm so cheap that I'm like some others on this Forum. I appreciate fine art in guns...so just look at any of RK Mesa's beautiful picture posts, or Doc44 on Magnums and drool away all day long. It is better than a visit to a museum.
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Shooting them is absolutely fine as most engraving isn't any deeper than the roll marks.
However, all the scratching does make them harder to clean...
For me it depends totally on the engraving - I see many I don't like, and a lot that I do. And it's really hard for me to specify what it is I like.
I didn't used to like it on blued guns, but have suddenly seen the light on that.
Mike, I always tell people that engraved guns need to "speak" to you before you buy them, or commission them, and you've well captured what that means in your post.
"Not sure exactly what I like, but I'll know it when I see it..." That is exactly the way that I feel.
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Some engraved guns I like ......... blue better than stainless
Laser engraved...... tacky
Gold inlays and animal heads...... tacky
S&Ws Commemorative models ...... only if it applies to me
John Wayne's matched Colts with aged Ivory from "The Shootist"....... "Yes"!!!!!!
Laser engraved...... tacky
Gold inlays and animal heads...... tacky
S&Ws Commemorative models ...... only if it applies to me
John Wayne's matched Colts with aged Ivory from "The Shootist"....... "Yes"!!!!!!
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