The big bad bears under discussion do look like imprints from a stamping die. They're too deep to be laser images. Cabela's currently has blued Mtn. Guns and 6" .44 magnums on their shelf with "Outfitter", a few other words and a symbol/picture stamped on their side plates. The stamped bears could have been from a similar large store or distributor order but I think more of them would have surfaced over the last decade if that was the case. On the other hand, I haven't seen Cabela's Outfitter marked revolvers surface on this forum yet either, but they've been on the shelf less than a year.