Without hands on inspection it is hard to say for sure, but I feel pretty safe to say that you did very well. Obviously it's been flown around the patch a few times and the magazine is of the wrong era. Assuming that there is no orig. holster involved, I'd say that it might bring $750 to the right buyer. But that is just my guess, so let's see what the others have to say.
Regarding shooting it, if a numbered part breaks it will hurt the value, but this is not a high end piece, so I vote that you take good care of it but enjoy it at the range occasionally. But buy a shooter if you plan to shoot a lot.
Welcome, and you do your Dad proud.
dju
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