Good points, all, Gents - Thanks! The frame and barrel are in very good shape. But, there is a pretty good gouge on the frame in front of the trigger guard plus the cylinder looks rougher, to me, than it does in the photo. Last year, someone posted a few photos of an older M19 that was bead-blast reblued by the mothership. I saved the pictures on my desktop and lusted after it, then found this M10. Then, I noticed that Smith offered a bead-blast nickel refinish. Maybe it's just fine as is and I'll be over $200 richer ...