While the engraving is somewhat odd I have no difficulty believing all is original and as it left the factory. First, I do not find the engraving anywhere on the gun to be of very high quality. Second, and the clincher for me, is the border engraving on the Locks, barrels, action, and around the toplever screw is identical. I would have expected more engraving on the locks but wonder if this gun wasn't a prototype or some other "one off" edition. It just seems "right". I do think the price estimates are way on the high side. If there was an active collector market for Scotts then variations might warrant significantly higher prices but there is not such a group. It is a nice early Scott that probably has a lot of shooting life left in it.
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