Hi all, long time lurker, new member, first post.

I picked up a Crescent Peerless complete receiver on GunBroker as a $50 "gunsmith special" to practice engraving. No wood, no barrel. But it was in pretty good shape for 100+ years old. It really wasn't my intent to do "real" engraving. I’m patient, but I’m not that patient. And I don't have any of the right tools. Instead, I used a Dremel with a ball burr to basically texture the plates. That's why I call it “engraving-adjacent.”
But honestly, I think it came out pretty well.

Here's the process pic.


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Next step: bluing

And then I'll carve a stock. How hard could it be?