Beautifully engraved High Wall but who engraved it?

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I picked up this beautiful old High Wall I've been told engraved by Heidi Hiptmayer in the 1980's, would she not have signed or initialed it somewhere?

Its currently in 223 not my first choice might have to rebarrel it but not sure yo what?







 
I have seen one of Heidi's engraved rifles that was signed , just in front of the trigger within the trigger guard area of the action. A very fine line of script that could be over looked as scroll work.
Rifle was a sharps -
 
Beautiful!! That's what keeps me going to shows, just the hope that I will see rifles like that. I agree with Hoytcanon, I would leave it as is.
 
I'm a fan of engravers since drooling over articles and feature in old gun digest books.

Quite possibly Heide Hiptmayer.

For authentication you could contact Mr Klaus Hiptmayer and even the Montreal Museum of Fine Art.
 
257Wby said:
I have seen one of Heidi's engraved rifles that was signed , just in front of the trigger within the trigger guard area of the action. A very fine line of script that could be over looked as scroll work.
Rifle was a sharps -
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I've looked everywhere short of taking it apart and no sign of name anywhere.
 
I agree with Redruns, give Klaus a call and see if he can help identify the work. Chances are he have records and photos of their work.
He may also know of hidden signatures or trade marks some of which may require disassembly of the firearm to be viewed.
 
You have a custom rifle built to someone else's specs. The rifle has no collectable value unaltered, so go ahead on rebarrel get to suit yourself. Custom rifles are often a hard sell, rarely bringing the cost to produce.
 
saskbooknut said:
You have a custom rifle built to someone else's specs. The rifle has no collectable value unaltered, so go ahead on rebarrel get to suit yourself. Custom rifles are often a hard sell, rarely bringing the cost to produce.
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Being a work of art puts it in a class of it's own. :d

Grizz
 
If it appeals to your taste, you value it.
My point was, that altering this rifle to another cartridge will not substantially alter this gun's value, unless the cartridge is much more desirable than the current chambering.
A custom firearm is not like a factory engraved High wall, where originality counts for something.
 
I wouldn't touch it, personally. There are enough components and ammo for the good 223 that rebarreling it would be silly unless it's a dog. Fudd appeal and modern convenience all in the same package.
 
I wouldn't rebarrel but seeing as its a 223 with a fairly beefy barrel I would not hesitate a rebore. You can go to anything larger than the 223 in bore dia or cartridge dimension. Seeing as it's an american classic action I ( this is my personal opinion) would go to one of the classic calibers such as 250 Sav or 257 Roberts. Thes as well as some others would allow romm for another rebore and rechamber 100 yrs or so down the road.
 
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