Sorry to resurrect this thread, but, having bought one a year ago when Aim had them, I finally got to the range and shot it. Double action was very nice, but felt strange because of the short pull.

Anyway, I got it home and decided to try disassembling it to see how gunked up in side it was. As I haven't taken one down before, and parts aren't plentiful, I had reservations. Well, it was filthy inside once I did break it down. A long slow soak in OMS for the small parts, and a dip in the sonic cleaner for the frame. Cleaned up the gunk nicely, but the finish is pretty bad.

I'm thinking of getting it refinished by Ford's down here near Tampa. It's expensive, and normally wouldn't think of it, but there is a fair amount of abrasion on one side and lots of blue loss and some fine rust on the side plate--mechanically sound but ugly. I don't think I can lower the value of it. If it were just bluing loss, I wouldn't care, but the fine rust and the abraision spot are not pretty.