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Good to Very Good. Bore is Dirty with blue-green oxidized jacket residue throughout that should clean to Bright with crisp rifling throughout. Metal finish exhibits brown streaks over the slide and dominating on the gripstraps, along with brown flecking to all parts. Safety lever is a mottled gray patina, and the straw finish on the trigger has worn off on handling surfaces with brown patina forming. Left edge of the frame has been abraded near the sideplate mount, possibly by a file. Grips show some scattered skips with stains overall. Chips to the edges of the wood baseplug of the magazine with the body finish worn overall. Holster exhibits some dents, scuffs, and abrasions scattered overall.

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