Thanks for all the relies they are very much appreciated. The rifle is a .32 custom plains rifle that has been 4 years in the building and is beautiful and is a finished rifle. When I was specifying particulars on it when I ordered it I was considering an engraved patchbox and possibly a hunters star on the cheek piece. For various reasons the box and star did not happen.The engraving on the box I was considering a squirrel sitting up on a branch holding a nut. On the star I was thinking of an engraving of a dog. Both of them I wanted to have done in a simple style and both were ideas I got from engravings I saw on an old pocket watch from the mid 1800's. So it's problematic being finished, I could live with the rifle as is as I say it is a beauty, but I keep leaning toward the box and star every time I pick it up.
As to building a rifle, I have only built one rifle which was a flint kit a long time ago. I am planing on building one of Kibler's kits probably sometime this winter. I have to set up my shop which is mostly set up around reloading and small woodworking. And although I would like to develop the skills to inlet and engrave I would rather leave this rifle to someone who has the skills.
Rob
