The scrolls don't look like any of the 99K's I've seen. I think Spittler did the engraving at the time the rifle was produced. The outer rings on some of the Spittler rifle aren't a smooth circle. They bulge a little. The engraving on the K's vary quite a bit, probably because Gough had a number of engravers working for him and the K's were done by several different people but after looking at photos of quite a few K's I don't the Spittler rifle was done by any of them.
No matter who did the engraving it's a neat rifle.
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