Those are great observations. It makes me wonder if Spittler engraved some other rifles, or if Enoch Tue did these variations (unlikely, the Spittler and King rifles don't look like his work) or if more than one person worked on some of the rifles. This is likely. Maybe Spittler was learning engraving from Tue or some rush orders came in and one guy did some aspects of the engraving while the other did other things. Who Knows?
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