Well, I finally received the real thing and it is exactly as advertised. Beautiful, tight with some holster wear and the grips are scrapped as shown. That 60-70s blue was so beautiful, why would anyone want to plate it or go stainless. I'll clean it up and put a coat of wax on it, and have a set of ahrends grips on the way, unfinished so I can finish them in tung oil-varnish.