I'd go for it. Some platers offer re-heat treatment to counter of hydrogen embrittlement. But maybe the Doc could offer a definitive answer.
Unplate it, and you can bead blast/salt blue it for not much $. Straw coloring is an easy home job (as soon as your wife leaves for a few minutes). Repro. grips, MefGar mag.
By the time you spend a hundred or so and a few hours laboring over it you will have a fun shooter that you will be a part of.
Then start looking around for your next one.
DJU
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