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This little Colt .25 auto is a perfect canvas for Barry’s exquisite floral and gold pattern, on both steel and pearl. This work is as good as it gets. Photo by Barry Lee Hands.

It is probably unfair to show just the buttplate engraving on this Rifle. The scene depicts the annual collection of winter’s meat by the plains Indians, driving buffalo off a cliff and then collecting their rewards. This scene is done in high relief and is immaculate. Photo by Barry Lee Hands.

Terry Wieland and James Flynn

This rifle is the brainchild of outdoors writer Terry Wieland. Terry is a Canadian by birth, and an avid Anglophile. In addition to being a fantastic writer, he is also a history buff and delights in doing themed projects. This rifle is such a project, and is called his Beau Brummell rifle. Brummell, for those unaware, was the arbiter of English men’s fashion in the late 18th century and into the early 19th century. >His motto was “if people turn to look at you on the street, you are not well dressed.” He left behind an England where men dressed in austere but superbly cut clothing, a style still followed there today.