hmm I see, the odd thing is that I'm noticing it seems like the latter run of the 645 seems to be better finished than the earlier models
I know its sort of a no **** kinda deal but the odd thing is that the 9mm models from what I've seen looked fine from their intro in the early 80's onwards but some 645's look really rough looking, and they seem to be the really early ones like maybe the one jeff cooper was given for review at one point as he distinctly described the gun as being scratchy feeling, not unlike an interarms stainless steel ppk I once had, hence my trepidiation about the 645 I've had for awhile as I do not want a repeat of that interarms PPK
hell that thing felt so rough it felt like if you werent careful you were going to cut yourself on the metal.
and I'm kind of wondering if that's what I've been picking up on with the 645's I've looked at as the latter ones with a matt grip overal seem to be better looking than the early ones with a gloss grip, like yours actually which look better than the gloss gripped one on gunbroker right now that looks exceptionally rough looking, one of the roughest I've seen at this point actually
the one marked Smith & Wesson Model 645 .45ACP 4.5" 45 if your wondering.
and I have seen 4506's that were fully polished up to look like normal chrome and I agree it just doesnt look right, however I'd still like to see someone who's got a second or a third gen that had just the slide beadblasted and left the frame polished in the case of the second gen
kinda like this 952 except with a fully beadblasted slide:
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