kiddy1 Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 Evening fellow PW’ers, Hopefully you’re all in good spirits during this lockdown! I recently bought a 687 SP3 Limited Edition on a whim, because I just liked the extra detailed engraving and the wood. I’m now trying to find out a whatever I can about the gun, and there’s no information out there other than a couple of old reviews from Shooting UK. I *think* that the only differences from the normal SP3 is the Diamond grade wood (EELL) and hand engraving? I’m happy to be proven wrong though. Please feel free to chip in with any thoughts or opinions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 Lovely gun. Can I suggest you email GMK UK I did about my gun and they gave me all the info I would ever need.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy1 Posted April 9, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 3 minutes ago, DUNKS said: Lovely gun. Can I suggest you email GMK UK I did about my gun and they gave me all the info I would ever need.. Good idea, I probably should have thought of this ha. Presumably it’s just a serial number that they need? Thanks, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
button Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 What a cracker! How old is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DUNKS Posted April 9, 2020 Report Share Posted April 9, 2020 1 hour ago, kiddy1 said: Good idea, I probably should have thought of this ha. Presumably it’s just a serial number that they need? Thanks, Yep serial number and date code. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davewh100 Posted April 11, 2020 Report Share Posted April 11, 2020 nice gun lovely wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiddy1 Posted April 15, 2020 Author Report Share Posted April 15, 2020 On 09/04/2020 at 18:47, DUNKS said: Lovely gun. Can I suggest you email GMK UK I did about my gun and they gave me all the info I would ever need.. Done! They got back to me very quickly. With the date of manufacture and when it was marketed by Sportsman Gun Centre. Cheers! On 09/04/2020 at 19:01, button said: What a cracker! How old is it? The gun is a March 2009, not too old 🙂. On 11/04/2020 at 09:33, davewh100 said: nice gun lovely wood Thanks very much, looks even better in person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triumphant59 Posted April 22, 2020 Report Share Posted April 22, 2020 (edited) Below is a picture of mine. Slightly darker wood, I scoured the North of England to find this one! Mine is number 480 of 500. 28” game model, they did a wide rib sporter as well. Edited April 22, 2020 by triumphant59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
figgy Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Usually with special editions they out nice wood on and oil finish. The engraving is still done with laser or machine, then picked out and highlighted by hand. You should see the hand engraved bits under a magnifying lens. Nice looking gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPP Posted April 23, 2020 Report Share Posted April 23, 2020 Very nice, you can see the second one is hand enhanced engraving... I’m hoping there will be a black actioned 695 deluxe before long to replicate the SP V Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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