First, are these guns purchased new by you and never fired or handled? If not then it would seem you are assuming, perhaps incorrectly that these flaws originated at the factory.
A typical factory plated gun had the front sight installed, was then polished and plated so there should be no marks around the sight pin. If the sight is blue then it was installed after plating and the sight pin should have round ends instead of being polished flat. It is not impossible that the fitter could have slipped installing the sight pin. That would not have been a sufficient flaw to require re-finishing.
On polishing marks on Nickel guns, you are just being too picky. Given a blue gun of the same time period the polish should be of the same quality on both finishes. It is just that bright Nickel shows minor flaws which are easily overlooked on a blued gun.
The overall quality of Bangor-Punta guns really was quite good, better than many seem to believe. Where things came apart was during the Lear-Siegler and Tompkins PLC eras. The big difference is management philosophy during different ownership periods.
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