[wterrell]

This pistol was returned to the seller. A gentle hint by the seller stated that maybe someone who had returned the pistol within the inspection period had 'replaced' the parts in question. This was enough to keep me silent until the pistol was resold and my money re-deposited in my account.
In the pics originally posted on the auction and the seller's web site, the areas in question were 'off-camera'.
This pistol, in my opinion, is a $500 pistol at best, but someone was willing to pay $1049 after having been told the problems of this gun

1. It was approx. a 60% condition pistol (at best) not a 90%
2. The trigger plate was from a later model pistol that was forced to fit this pistol and heavily buffed and refinished. Number was not stamped along the bottom edge, but was stamped on the inside of plate.
3. The front sight was filed to a low profile and top edge was parallel with barrel and about 1/8 inch in height.
4. Magazine was stamped with the serial number
5. The barrel had a coating of 'bluing' in it so that the seller could determine if the pistol had been fired during the inspection period. From what I could determine, the barrel had been shot out.