Mauser,
I like it very much, the finish looks good, and from what I can see from the not so close pictures, the inletting and wood to metal fit is good.
The architecture lines look crisp and clean to me.
Your first attempt at carving is above average I think, and way better than my first attempt.
A few things jump out to my novice eye regarding the carving. Bear in mind that yours is better than my first, and I have not carved my second!!
I am also far from an expert on JP Beck, but am familiar.
I think you probably see where your background cleanup needed to be better, smoother, particularly in the upper left hand side of your double C-scroll aft of the cheek piece.
The bottom right spiral is a bit out of round and so is not as graceful as it could be. You sometimes see them on originals that are a bit stretched etc, but they are still graceful. Yours has a few flattish spots which detract.
The curve that goes from the back end of the cheek rest on your gun seems to curve towards the front end of the butt plate return. If that didn't describe it right, I mean the transition curve from the carving surface behind the cheek rest to to actual cheek rest.. Make sense?
Anyway, I think with your carving design, that curve would have looked better if it curved and terminated pointing at the corner of the butt plate return and the back of the butt plate. In other words, have it curve toward the upper right hand corner of the carving area.
If you did that, it would follow the natural line of the major C-scroll that you carved. Instead, you have two curves that are side by side but are divergent. Hope I explained that well. I think it would have flowed better if the cheek piece curve had been like I described.
In front of the cheek piece, I think your C-scroll could have split from the comb moulding a bit later, and followed the curve of the transition from the front of the cheek rest a bit better. Essentially a similar concept to the back end of the cheek rest.
To me, the front C-scroll stands a bit too separated from the cheek rest and has a different curve than the transition on the front of the cheek rest. This makes it look like a disparate element, rather than flowing with the architecture of the rifle.
These points are intended as constructive, as overall, I think you did a great job on your rifle. Wish my first carving was anywhere near yours.
Cheers,
Norm