RE Post #30

The combined facts the grips are numbered, and clean (unstained backside) tells me the grips were fit to their gun----and then spent the vast majority of their life attached to a grip adapter. It is my understanding all RM's shipped with standard grips included a grip adapter. Whether it was attached (by/at the factory) or not would be dependent upon the buyer's wishes stated on the RM order form.

My whole point is ANY gun, RM or whatever, ordered to be shipped with GA attached, is not going to have its grips fit to the gun (and accordingly there is no need to number them). My belief is based upon another belief that neither S&W nor anybody else engaged in a venture for profit is going to spend any time/money on unnecessary production activity. NOTHING is going to be done if it doesn't NEED to be done----never mind whether we usually do it or not.

Ralph Tremaine