Bill, I saw the bogus rib stamping and the replacement buttstock, and wasn't even considering buying the gun. The engraving just struck me as a further example of bogus work, that I hadn't seen before. Look at the scrollwork on top of the breechballs and it seems as shallow and original and carefully done as the floorplate. Not so the receiver side scrollwork. Who knows. Just rubbed me the wrong way. Thanks for your observations anyway.
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