Ron;

I like you double case very much and it looks strong enough to withstand the ground crew efforts at Jo-burg airport.

We do not see many of the BRNO ZP49 shotguns down here in the South and I continue to search for one. However, I have a question about the surface hardness of the BRNO action and sideplates. Are the action and sideplates soft enough to allow engraving without having to anneal them? What I have read about them leads me to believe that they are quite hard and it would take a "Carbalt" graver to engrave them (verses a high speed steel with 8% or so of cobalt added). Question because I am an amateur engraver as well as amateur rifle maker.

Regards;
Transvaal aka Steve