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04-09-2024, 04:12 PM
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Letter for my plain old NM3 has arrived
I sent for a factory letter for my plain old NM 3, hoping it was shipped to Buffalo Bill or some other notable. Alas, no such luck.
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04-09-2024, 06:07 PM
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If I am reading it correctly, the letter says it was shipped in 1992. Should that be 1892, perhaps?
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04-09-2024, 06:09 PM
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1992 is an offal late ship date! I believe he ment 1892! I would request a corrected letter, for $100 you shouldn't have typos!
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04-09-2024, 06:09 PM
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Great looking Revolver! Not many survive in the your condition after 130 years.
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04-09-2024, 06:22 PM
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Nice gun, but it makes me feel old...
According to the letter, I was 34 when that shipped.
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04-09-2024, 06:39 PM
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I mistakenly posted the original letter with the typo.
Don Mundell has since kindly and promptly provided a letter with the correct date.
An easily made mistake considering the amount of requests for letters he is dealing with.
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04-09-2024, 06:55 PM
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I really like the wood grips
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04-09-2024, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by Ivan the Butcher
1992 is an offal late ship date! I believe he ment 1892! I would request a corrected letter, for $100 you shouldn't have typos!
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And, Ivan the Butcher, I’m not sure about your experience with things awful, but your experience with things offal could be comprehensive.
Offal Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
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04-10-2024, 01:58 AM
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The grips on SN 27626 are a perfect fit to the frame, but are not numbered.
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04-10-2024, 01:23 PM
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Well they sure dress up your Plain Old NM3
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04-10-2024, 03:14 PM
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I really like the wood grips
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So do I.
The factory letter states #27626 shipped with checkered walnut grips.
The perfect fit of the grips to the frame leads me to suspect they are the grips that shipped with the gun, even though they are not numbered.
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04-10-2024, 03:43 PM
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Well... They don't have the wrong number
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Years ago I lettered a 5" .44DA that had # to the gun checkered walnut grips. In the letter Mr. Jinks said there was no mention of the grips and they were probably added at their dealer as they kept them in stock.
This might be why yours are not #'d, as they could have been replaced.
So twenty years later I decided to sell the .44DA and looked at the die stamped #'s again, compared them to other No.3's and they matched. I asked Mr. Jinks on this forum whether their dealers could # the grips or if only that was done at the factory. His answer was No the dealers couldn't, only the Factory stamped #'s on grips. Alas their factory just like Jim's ad in the Old Town Dispatch stated. It's just so Cool being a 5" I decided to keep it. Can't figure out how to upload pic's?
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Years ago I lettered a 5" .44DA that had # to the gun checkered walnut grips. In the letter Mr. Jinks said there was no mention of the grips and they were probably added at their dealer as they kept them in stock.
This might be why yours are not #'d, as they could have been replaced.
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Mr. Mundell states in the factory letter, my gun was shipped with checkered walnut round butt non-medallion stocks. It is the fit of the grips that lead me to suspect they are not replacements.
Sounds like the grips on your gun were numbered, but not mentioned in the letter. I am guessing the grips were a perfect fit.
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Hi There,
Both of my NM#3's have unnumbered checkered non-medallion
grips that look to be factory fitted.
Cheers!
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You may find the grips are numbered----in pencil-----and virtually invisible after the passage of a loooooooooong time.
Oft times you will find there's no remedy, but just as often you'll find the combination of STRONG, high intensity light and viewing from an angle makes for a remedy---and BEHOLD!!--------they're numbered after all!
Ralph Tremaine
As a belated aside, rumor has it taking a (flash) photograph taken from an angle will show you what you couldn't see with just your eyes. I've never done this, but I've seen the pictures of the numbers.
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