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Dear OWD. Thank you for pointing out the gap. It is a small thing, but on a premium gun, It should not exist. Some may call it nitpicking, but if you can afford a 100,000 gun, you can nitpick. One only buys a BEST GUN because it is the best that can be made. I have heard of millionaires refusing shipment of their luxury yachts because the underside of tables were left bare and not sanded and finished. If you are grossly overpaying for a product, then it better be perfect. If a gun company is going to charge a king's ransom for a gun, then they themselves have set the bar exceedingly high and invite such scrutiniy. This still does not change the fact that the gun is drop dead gorgeous! Do you think the caliber is suitable for dragons? I am assuming this is its purpose, since engraving is ment to signify the game the gun will take. -Sage Grouse, IM

I agree 100 %.
L.F.

Not gaps on the prized Beesly.

From the looks of the engraving on the Purdy I would guess the pattern was laid out to hide any visible seams. Possibly the Gargoles and Dragon pattern on the H & H made it impossible to hide the seams...for lack of a better word.

I suspect you guys are seeing a visible "seam" like on the Beesley not a gap.
L.F.

The quality of the workmanship is undeniably spectacular but the design is not to my taste. Call me a conservative but I like the more traditional design patterns. A very personal matter I realize but just a bit over the top for me.

Gap is the second name for the H&H today. I saw the same and the gaps between lock plates and wood at Moscow show last year.
Shame on you! - I said to H&H representative and he's become red like alkanet root overoiled K-80 stock!

What about traditional design pattern, I saw allmost the same engraving motive with wood monsters, but plain on 1906 H&H Royal.

I do not believe there is a gap. As dogdigger has said perhaps the plate has been reinstalled improperly or we are seeing the line where the plate and action meet at an odd angle.
Re the subject matter: This is Grifnee's rendition of a earlier Kell design of mythical monsters and serpants perhaps at the request of the Nizam's. It is an absolutely gorgeous gun!

Geno, you crack me up. This proves you read all of the alkanet root pages.

And Brent, I believe the gun is a true work of art. I have no idea of what level of quality is demanded of a gun of this cost (which I suspect is possibly twice the $100k mentioned by some). It's truely a beauty. The engraving is really impressive, although the subject of the engraving is not my cup of java.

As for Lowell's Beesley, it looks like it's been fine wirewheeled to me, while apart, causing the edges to be rolled on the parts and the screw looks buggered and fixed. ...Or maybe not. Probably just a build up of over-waxing.

Its like art, we are all critics, and on-lookers.
I'd wager none of us could play in this league.
Gaps or no gaps, the guy who bought this gun is a player.
Bet he knows what he's goin'.
Btw Chuck, lots of pictures from your work bench over the years, now lets see a real close-up of one of your prized guns, eh.
I've nothing to hide, its just a gun.