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kleiss1
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Fun 38-44! I agree with Lee's assessment of the engraving, except that it looks to me that it was engraved and then nickeled. My experience with cut through the nickel engraving is that there soon becomes some flaking evident around some of the cuts.
Here is the Russ Smith version of the Black Bear in the tree... This is not my gun (unfortunately). I believe the photos are RIA photos.
... with some of the rectangle theme on the left side...
My guess is that the above Russ Smith engraved gun was an inspiration for the engraver of the OP's Heavy Duty.
It has a well worn holster with the initials C E B on it.
