No Hugh, they weren’t all engraved to match the rib matting except that the standard practice for hammerless guns was to file the screw head to the same contour of the rib extension and run the matting right over the screw head.
I haven’t seen or heard of this screw being “submerged”, whatever that may mean.
On hammer guns that lack rib matting the screw head was usually engraves in some kind of floral design.
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Not because I think they're better than the other breeds,
but because I'm a romantic - stuck on tradition - and to me, a Setter just "belongs" in the grouse picture."
George King, "That's Ruff", 2010 - a timeless classic.
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