Michael,
To sum this up, I can't get past the fact that you say the gun as delivered was/is 100% mechanically sound and that was your main criterion for buying the piece. You obviously noticed the bluing damage when you received the gun and that didn't deter you from keeping the gun. So IMHO you received what you wanted and there is no fraud involved.
The possibility that the gun may have been damaged and repaired is a situation open to debate as to whether the seller should have mentioned it to you. If you stressed the importance of 100% mechanical correctness and the gun is 100% then I'm not sure that it matters that at some time it may not have been. Without a transcript of who said what to whom and when it was said it's difficult to take a position. If I were the seller I would have explained what caused the obvious bluing damage, if I knew the cause, e.g. the widget or whatever was damaged and was replaced and it's not a numbered part and the gun is 100% mechanically correct. However, I attempt to be totally honest with folks because that's what I want from them but don't always succeed in getting.
From what you have related to the forum regarding the purchase, I don't think you have a case to go forward with but, different strokes......
Seems that your Samuel beckett may apply to the situation.
Tom
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