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Reto Buehler .500 Jeffery on GMA action. Photo by Mustafa Bilal, Turks Head Productions.

Mike Dubber

Mike Dubber from Indiana is a super-talented engraver. Over the past several years that I’ve known him, he has matured from a really good engraver into a really great one much more quickly than most I have known. This photo is a recent example of his exemplary work. He started with a 2nd Generation Colt SAA, and a theme of the Lakota Sioux last buffalo hunt. He even had a pencil drawing of the last Sioux buffalo hunter, drawn by an unknown artist in the 1800s. The 5-1/2 inch barrel revolver has been heavily inlaid with gold and platinum, and has been fitted with custom sambar stag grips. It is chambered for the .45 Colt cartridge and is finished in French Gray.

Mike Dubber 2nd Gen SAA in .45 Colt. Photo by Tom Alexander.

Gary Goudy.

A lovely custom rifle from the shop of stockmaker Gary Goudy. The rifle was a Model 70 Featherweight .30-06, and the barrel was so accurate that it was retained. Gary fitted an ancient set of Ted Blackburn bottom metal to the action. Note that it does not use a straddle floorplate, something that Ted hasn’t produced in years. The stock is checkered in a very nice point pattern with mullered borders. Bob Evans engraved the rifle.