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Unread 07-17-2016, 08:25 PM   #5
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Originally Posted by Olle View Post
It's not really the color and sheen that's suspicious, if you look at the top view you'll find a lot of roundovers that shouldn't be there. Some of this is visible in the rest of the pictures as well. The stamps are another giveaway, wrong size, wrong style etc. and they just don't look right at all.

I'm 99.9% sure it's a reblue. Being a 9mm, I would guesstimate $1k, give or take $100-$150 depending on how badly somebody wants it. If this was my gun, I'd try $1k on GB and see if it flies.
My tendency is to jump onto this bandwagon--buffed, re-blued, proofs finagled. One way to judge the buffing is by the "roundness" that Olle has pointed out--flat surfaces appear softer, not flat. I also think I spy some bluing over minor blemishes/pits/scratches. $800-1000 would be my opinion, definitely under a thou.
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