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By Clair Kofoed
It's a simple fact: Very few of the finest shotguns made in the world today feature the work of American engravers. Currently, the market seems to emphasize the talents of artists from England and Europe, where shop-apprentice training traditions and the proximity of engravers to gunmakers have built a flourishing trade. And quite frankly, the number of Americans highly trained in, say, the bulino technique, is not large. But a program now unfolding in Emporia, Kansas, may radically change domestic gun engraving and revolutionize the way American engravers are viewed.
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