Oh yes, the feeling of anticipation will always add to the joy of the first touch and smell of the iron. it is a gun with an honest wear and tear...this is what i like about it for i do not want to look like my polymer frame self defence contemporary example. it is spotted but as i was told, there is no pitting and the iron did not loose its substance. I will leave it as it is. I would probably fire it once maybe twice just to shoot my luger kind of thing. I have also acquired a post war military version P1 (early improvement - fat slide but no hex pin) and that will see a lot of action. So there are two pieces still to come
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