Arms, Armor and Militaria

Very fine. Bore is bright with strong rifling and showing some frosting in the grooves and some scattered minor freckles of oxidation. Metal with most of the blued finish intact with some minor loss due to high edge wear, most notably at the muzzle on the left side of the slide, the barrel, sides of the hammer and sides of the trigger. There are a couple of minor finish scratches on the left side of the frame from take down, and the added sights show moderate amounts of finish loss due to wear. A couple of small spots of minor surface oxidation are present as well, with a small patch along the sharp upper edge of the slide on the right side, about 1.5" from the muzzle. Pistol is mechanically functional. The grips show some light handling marks and minor wear. The case is about fine with some light surface wear and scuffs and some fading and light wear to the interior.

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