This trigger guard and floorplate assembly is engraved in a semi-english style. It’s not typical American Scroll, but not as tight as true English scroll. This makes for a handsome, yet slightly different engraving effect!


Gouse Freelance Firearms Engraving
Superior Quality Workmanship from Renowned Master Gun Engraver, Michael Gouse
This is a beautiful yet simple rifle engraved in a semi-English style. It evokes English rifles used in Africa in the 1900s.
Rifles of this particular caliber would have been used for plains game hunting, lions, and leopards.
The checkering is by Mary Ann Hockenbury, a local of the Bitterroot Valley.
I engraved this 1881 Marlin rifle to recreate a factory pattern that was common to the rifle. The original was done by Conrad F Ulrich, he was the Marlin factory engraver from 1881 to 1907. C. F. Ulrich was part of the Ulrich Firearms engraving dynasty which stretched for nearly a century from the 1850s until 1949.
The animals on this particular pattern all appear to have been done in a “folk-art” style and includes deer, bear, & bison.
Over the years we have recreated many historic patterns on a wide variety of firearms.
This floorplate and grip cap are engraved in American Scroll but, for added emphasis, they each feature selective nickel plating! I can also selectively plate in silver or 24k gold.
The selective plating allows you to have the look of inlays at a fraction of the cost!
This DZ Arms Hepburn action is engraved in a style that could have been found on an original Remington Hepburn. The action is engraved in American Scroll with about 50% coverage. This makes for a sharp looking rifle without breaking the bank and makes the rifle unique to you! Even the 50% coverage really makes it stand out against other rifles at a shoot!
An engraved Henry rifle in the style of L. D. Nimschky. This is a good example of engraving in which the cuts have been left in the white, meaning that they haven’t been inked. While this doesn’t make the engraving ‘pop’ as much as it could, it certainly makes for a very flashy firearm when the cuts catch the light!
This engraved 92 Deluxe Winchester is engraved in a Winchester Factory Pattern that’s true to age of the rifle. This little 25/20 would have been the cat’s meow as a varmint rifle in its day!
This Winchester features a white-tail deer on one side and a badger on the loading-gate side!