I am not knocking your purchase at all I hope you did not take my comments negatively. I have gotten some real deals over the years. I bought a LNIB P228 with 7 mags and a Kramer holster for $400 once.
I passed on a good condition P226 locally early this year. It showed holster wear but no pitting or major scratches for $450. I just did not need another P226.
I personally would have waited for one without the pitting a paid a little more but if you are happy again that is all that matters.
Yeah, that's no problem at all-
I'm trying to stay within a set price range for my purchases. Years ago, got a CZ 75 pre B for, I want to say $320, in VG condition, outside of a mar to the backstrap finish. It's my baby, the gun I like the most of my collection. That was back before we saw all the recent CZ's popping up, and it was a good deal IMO. It's my favorite shooter.
Having done that, I decided that was going to be my ceiling, as other pistols would be complementary to the CZ. No offense to Sig, but I'm a lefty, and the control layout on them is a little bit more difficult for me.
I view the metal guns as I would 60's era muscle cars. To me, the CZ 75, Beretta 92FS and Sig P226 are like a Mustang, Camaro and Challenger... roughly equal, different in many aspects but all worthy and ready to run.
I picked up a Beretta 92FS for $299 awhile back, and that triggered the chase. While getting one was nice, having 2 of the 3 at my target price made me actively want to find the Sig for the same price.
But as we all know, Sigs are tough to find at that range, and so I scratched the itch in other ways. Got a FEG Hipower, a parkerized beater, for just over 200, gave me a traditional design with complete compatibility at a bargain rate. Not a Sig, though, and not a DA/SA.
Found a nice S&W 915 under $250, gave me an American design which filled the same role as my Big Three, same era, and brought me here to this forum (and I love that gun too, I really have come to appreciate the S&W quality).
I grabbed some cheap unknown mags in the assumption that they would fit one of my pistols; one did not. I found that it fit yet another gun in that category, the Star M30, and eventually picked up a 30MI for, you guessed it, the $300 price point. Excellent and unique pistol.
But again, instead of relieving the itch, it intensified it... had 5 hi capacity 9mms in classic metal style, all at reasonable prices, and still missing one of the marquee names. I could now call it "my collection", but it was very incomplete.
Came across a Zastava CZ 99, a Yugoslavian sorta-Sig for $195. "Ugly" was the description, but the slide is in great shape, and the only issue (other than it was filthy) was that the frame was apparently painted with a watercolor paint... wiping it down with alcohol to remove the grunge took the black off the frame. I've since learned that is the factory paint for that, and I addressed it with Birchwood Casey Aluminum Black and it is a great shooter, and looks ok.
Scanned the Sig market again, and came back with the following info- most used Sigs were CPOs and pricey, and getting something under $500 seemed to be an accomplishment. Wasn't the range I wanted, so I conceded temporary defeat, and browsed elsewhere. The Daewoo DP 51, a gun I'd ignored in the past, seemed to have jumped from sub-$300 to over 400, I guess due to the Lionheart rebrand and MSRP of over 700. So I resolved to hunt down a cheaper one of those, knowing the elusive Sig was out of my price range. Wasn't very enthused about it, but hoped that a decent price and solid function would warm me up to it...
and then I found this.
at this point I feel inclined to point out that I've paid off my car notes, gave up a good bit of my youthful vices, and have been putting in a fair amount of OT at work. The occasional money I spend on a pistol, once or twice a year at this range, isn't breaking me, and I enjoy the experience of shooting a variety of good handguns at the range. I know people my income level that have $1500+ in one handgun, and I'd rather have a collection of shooters than one safe queen.
If this Sig works out, I'm a little curious what my desires may become... will I decide to move the CZ 99, will my pursuit drop off, will I begin refinishing a couple- polishing up and NP3 coating a matching set, for example? I don't care for the polymer trends, and most of the new makes don't appeal as much as the older ones do to me.
I have to admit, I enjoy having doublestack 9mm pistols from all over the globe... and I think that, and the fact that Yugoslavia is now extinct, will save the Zastava. Heck, maybe now I need to find a MAB PA 15...
Yeah, that was a ramble- sorry about that! 
