Thanks! "Bulldog" that is a better pic,the wood is better but it still looks like a brick of wood. If Searcy is going up a Grand, and the wait. I think the merkle is better value I think all the DR's out there are good to an extent, they were designed to stop dangerous animals. As for the engraving I want to shoot the gun not drool over it. As stated before the engraving I have seen has not been very good.

"Another thing", off the the "post" how many rounds do you guys have through you DR. The last Merkle I handled was tight could hardly get the action open, I would imagine it will losen up with rounds through it, but this thin was tight I thought I was not pushing the leaver far enough.

Thank you all, for your imput's