Looking at those photos of the woodwork got me thinking, and as I'd used two of my doubles yesterday ( sadly not rifles though) I took a closer look.
Seems dovetailing horn was the way it was done. The man hours involved in doing these plus the fine checkering and engraving mean they're works if art as well as functional tools. Not intending to steal your thread, maybe there should be a separate one on gun art.
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