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dbadcraig,
"imbued with special powers", thats perfect. grin.
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Certainly there are over the top guns with more decoration than taste. Certain guns overlaid with gold on actions, breech and barrels, usually French but also English come to mind. There are also grossly decorated guns in extremely poor taste intended to satisy purient interests. But highly figured wood and extensive nicely executed scroll engraving with bulino game scenes don't cause me a problem. I prefer not to have checkering where it lacks function and to minimize the use of gold (if any). High gloss stocks and blueing are related to the 1957 DeSoto school of grotesque art and case colors are most attractive just before they are completely rubbed away.
Last edited by Jerry V Lape; 05/05/07 10:37 AM.
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LG, this is my "restrained opulence" gun. Does this fit the mould of what you're talking about.  
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opulence: lots of ponies
restraint: reining them in
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A gun must have a balance from butt to muzzle - too much of anything in between throws this off.
Less also!
Sorta like an RBL with fab xxx wood - there's not much to the action to tie the whole thing together, and the eye begins to wander.
I think the sidelock gun plays-out the restrained opulence best -there's a larger stage for more, or less.
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Doug,
It's not that opulent. The screws aren't regulated. Didn't you bring that gun to Northbrook, last year?
Phil
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LG, this is my "restrained opulence" gun. Does this fit the mould of what you're talking about. Dude, why ain't I seed that one? The engraving is perfect! The tiny scroll looks so rich and dignified and the pattern so artfully done. It is my favorite type of engraving. I dunno if it meets Sir Glenthorne's definition of "restrained opulence" or "understated elephants", but it works for me and I am not into gaudy. On the other hand, one little splash of gold would put it over the top and ruin it to my eye. Glenn
There is no sacrifice too great for someone else to make.
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LG, the biggest lockplate in the world got nothing on an Ithaca Flues. Now that's a wall Gully Jimpson could do something with! How ugly they are unadorned and how nice (according to jack) with some scratching and iterated fleurs de lis aft.
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Doug,
It's not that opulent. The screws aren't regulated. Didn't you bring that gun to Northbrook, last year?
Phil Yes I did. You can blame the screws on someone else. They were buggered long before I bought the gun. Some time in the next 10 years I'll try to make new ones and have them engraved, until then what you see is what you get. 
Doug Mann
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If it aint' Baroque, don't nix it.
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