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Originally Posted by JP@AK
.... There was the small side plate gap and the partially buffed out monogram....
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The "buffed out" monogram is actually owed to the lighting in the OP's photo.
One of the things that always amazes me about the Lithgow parkerizing refinish is how crisp the factory stampings come through. They apparently didn't buff at all and used a very thin coating. See the enlargement of the OP's photo and a somewhat better one of my Australian pre-Victory below.
I think that (and the original hammer, trigger, and ejector rod) is why these initially pass a lot of "refinish or not" inspections.