Thank you all that have replied so far. I'll respond to your inquiries and work on getting more pics uploaded.
-I live in Virgil, NY about 10 miles South of Cortland
-I think the dog engravings are superior in anatomical accuracy to others I've seen. Some almost look "cartoonish" to me. This gun the dogs have proper posture, body conformation, head size proportion, expression and accurate settings. The Setter is very nice especially the black patch over the eye, signature marking and reminiscent of the dog I grew up with and hunted pheasant over as a kid with my Dad. The Golden retriever scene on bottom of trigger guard is one of the best scenes I've seen, looks almost like a
pintail in the dog's mouth, the marsh scene ,with the ducks overhead is very nice.
-I would be interested to see more engravings from this vintage and era that might be the same engraver if anyone might have something.
- As for DelGrego's I plan to call before going up. I thought maybe they could help me sort out and evaluate the gun and barrels for shoot ability at least. There is also some hairline cracks in the stock for them to look at. I can post pics of those eventually.
-I'm confused on the research letter, this website indicated there were factory records surviving on my gun, yet the Research Chairman posted that there was no order book information. So.... will it be worth requesting the research letter still?? I'm a little confused here.
- As for the ammo, my gun chamber measures 2 1/2" and the only ammo on theRST site is 2 7/8" length and $13/box. Can this be used in my gun? Otherwise, I did find 2 1/2" ammo on Buffalo Ammo Co. except these are $33/box. That's almost 3x's as much as the RST ammo. Any advise here??
Again, thank you for your posts and comments, I look forward to more dialogue with more pictures.
What a great forum of friendly knowledgeable people with a common interest willing to help . Thanks Again.
Jeffrey Smith
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