Leaning over, his eyes protected by goggles, Charles “Chuck” E. McManis’ hands move smoothly and in sync, a chisel in one hand and a gun in the other. He guides the humming chisel across the gun’s ...

VIENNA TWP. — Joe Rundell has racked up another high honor as a well-respected firearms engraver. Rundell, 70, of Vienna Township has been included in a coffee table book, “American Engravers: The ...

VIENNA TOWNSHIP, Michigan-- Joe Rundell, a world-class gun engraver who lives here, has been a little busy the past three years. He has been engraving metal and creating bas-relief artworks of several ...

The man behind the mustache teaches an old craft that takes patience, precision and a whole lot of practice. Jim Downing is the gun engraver. " Firearms today.... are ugly quite frankly," says Downing ...

Jim Downing's exceptional skill in gun engraving transforms firearms into works of art. Jim Downing, often hailed as the Van Gogh of guns, is renowned for his exceptional skill in gun engraving, ...

A seventh-generation artist, John Perry supported himself for decades by painting and selling maritime oil paintings and playing guitar in country rock bands. But when the market for his paintings ...

SPRINGFIELD, Mo. (AP) - Jim Downing prefers to call himself a craftsman, not an artist. But his intricately hand-carved renderings on Colts, Rugers, Winchesters and other fine guns have earned him ...

Jim Downing prefers to call himself a craftsman, not an artist. But his intricately hand-carved renderings on Colts, Rugers, Winchesters and other fine guns have earned him clients from across the ...

Nestled in the rolling hill country of west central Waupaca County, Smokey Valley Rifles and its founder, Ron Lutz, are starting to get noticed. Lutz does fancy engraving work on rifles, shotguns and ...

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