girvin02
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I knew that would get your attention. 
So today I took possession of the 66-4 (3") that I won in a GB auction. The gun looks great, came in original box, I couldn't be happier. The first thing I did when I got home was take the grips off and perform a thorough inpection and cleaning, as I always do with a new-to-me gun. Under the LH grip panel I noticed a little round sticker with the number 43 on it. I scraped off this sticker and realized it was actually a sticker over another sticker - the bottom sticker having the number 38 on it. Under the stickers I noticed "it". It seems the stickers were covering a large stamped letter G. This in itself would have meant nothing to me. But to the left of the G was the letter N, as in NG. Having worked in machine shops all of my adult life, I am very familiar with what NG stands for. Some times refered to as NFG. Someone aparently stamped the grip frame of my 66 with the acronym for No Good!
Has anyone ever seen this before? The only thing that I can think is that the gun had a flaw, somewhere in the machining process which was either repaired or ruled to be acceptable, at which time they tried to hide the NG stamp with an inspection sticker. I would love to hear other theories as to what this could mean. Either way, I am extremely happy with the gun and find this more of a humorous character trait than anything to cause me any concern. Here's some photos I took. You can see the little numbered stickers to the lower right in the first picture. Also, it's worth noting that I added the Eagle Boot Grips - the gun came with the black Uncle Mikes that are correct for this model.
So today I took possession of the 66-4 (3") that I won in a GB auction. The gun looks great, came in original box, I couldn't be happier. The first thing I did when I got home was take the grips off and perform a thorough inpection and cleaning, as I always do with a new-to-me gun. Under the LH grip panel I noticed a little round sticker with the number 43 on it. I scraped off this sticker and realized it was actually a sticker over another sticker - the bottom sticker having the number 38 on it. Under the stickers I noticed "it". It seems the stickers were covering a large stamped letter G. This in itself would have meant nothing to me. But to the left of the G was the letter N, as in NG. Having worked in machine shops all of my adult life, I am very familiar with what NG stands for. Some times refered to as NFG. Someone aparently stamped the grip frame of my 66 with the acronym for No Good!
Has anyone ever seen this before? The only thing that I can think is that the gun had a flaw, somewhere in the machining process which was either repaired or ruled to be acceptable, at which time they tried to hide the NG stamp with an inspection sticker. I would love to hear other theories as to what this could mean. Either way, I am extremely happy with the gun and find this more of a humorous character trait than anything to cause me any concern. Here's some photos I took. You can see the little numbered stickers to the lower right in the first picture. Also, it's worth noting that I added the Eagle Boot Grips - the gun came with the black Uncle Mikes that are correct for this model.
