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Not sure if I shared pics of this gun before, so here it is.

I came across a #3 in 375Win that was high polished in the white, no wood. It had belonged to a Ruger employee who was going to have Mitch Schultz build a custom gun but the gentleman passed and I was in right place at right time to be offered to buy it. I had some beautiful factory wood stocks I picked up years earlier so I thought it would look great wearing them. While at Tulsa almost a decade ago Barons Engraving folk were at the Ruger dinner so I approached them to do something special. Hence the specimen you see. My friend Mike redid the forearm with an ebony tip , mimicked #1 early forearm checkering and mimicked the red label butt stock checkering. I have vertical rings and vintage post/crosshair scope to mount. Enjoy

Magnificent, that is one beatiful N03. The ROCS logo is excellent. Thanks for showing it to us.
FT44

That has to be the prettiest No.3 ever.

Very nice!

That is a very "deep relief" pattern of engraving on the receiver. Are the edges of the checkering cuts, sharp to your touch? Did you keep it to the original caliber? I have a pair of Winchester Model 21 shotguns that were engraved by a German Immigrant that bear similar deep engraving. They look very tasteful and also have gold inlayed gold wire around the edges of the receives.
Your No.3 deserves a No.3E! Brass Frame/Lee

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Brass Frame wrote: ↑Wed Jan 29, 2025 7:11 am That is a very "deep relief" pattern of engraving on the receiver. Are the edges of the checkering cuts, sharp to your touch? Did you keep it to the original caliber? I have a pair of Winchester Model 21 shotguns that were engraved by a German Immigrant that bear similar deep engraving. They look very tasteful and also have gold inlayed gold wire around the edges of the receives.
Your No.3 deserves a No.3E! Brass Frame/Lee

The engraving is excellent and crisp and somewhat sharp, and Mitch Shultz did the blueing for Barons too, since he had done the polishing, etc beforehand. Best bluing job I have seen on top of exquisite engraving. Now I just need to add a fireplace to my FL home so I can display it there (wife says not )