So Tom, I don't doubt your judgement, but this gun is several hundred off of the test pieces and has a test holster.
Test holsters are more rare than the guns, and therefor fairly valuable by themselves. Over a $1,000 I believe, so that is the concern on whether it is real?
The gun, definately what you paid for it, even reblued AE's go for close to that, so overall you did okay. Still, I definately have a reblued Arty, and it has developed wear paterns. 20 years of shooting and handeling does that too,

Ed