Professional is a reletive term.

[B. Dudley]

Or duracoating.

[Chris T.]

Once I spent about 3 hours making a set of floor plate screws for my DHE, I got them nice and tight, thin slots, flush with the floor plate all around. I sent them to a "master engraver", a week later and $40 I threw them in the trash can. I'm pretty sure they were engraved with an awl.

[Mills]

Speaking of floorplates, I am going to need a floorplate for a DH 10 project gun I recently acquired. How hard are those to come by?

[Mills]

Speaking of floorplates, I am going to need a floorplate for a DH 10 project gun I recently acquired. How hard are those to come by?

[B. Dudley]

They pop up every now and again. Along with complete / semi complete actions. There was a group of 10g. parts offered on Ebay about a month ago. Can't remember if a floor plate was part of it.
Put out an APB on here and see what you come up with.
If you are grade specific your search will be a bit harder. And parted out D grades are most likely less prevelant than lower grades.

If you can find one from a lower grade for a reasonable price, you should look into what it would cost to have the engraving on it redone in D grade style. I am sure many of us here could refer you to some fine engravers.

[Mills]

Thanks the gun is being shipped to me as we speak. Will post more details when it arrives. Some people operate animal shelters, I operate a gun shelter, apparently.

[Larry the Gun Guy]

Sometimes these posts are better than reading the Sunday Funnys.

[Mills]

Right. New rule, if you see a vintage gun on Gunbroker and there are handguns or assault rifles in the background of the pictures and no other vintage guns, run, don't walk.