Dwight, I am leaning towards the 1900AE. I looked at it once and will get to take another look by next week. It has the 2nd type thumb safety and a 1st type grip safety. The trigger guard is the wide type with a narrow trigger. I remember that the serial was in the 9000 range, but do not remember if it was BUG proofed. If I read the responses here correctly, not all AEs were BUG proofed.
The finish seems to be betweeen 90 & 95% - more leaning towards 90% with much of the straw left - I don't know how to rate this - 50%? There is some wear on the grips, too, but overall the wear on the pistol is even, the bore is nice (but not mint) and the pistol appears to have been carefully used but not abused (no pitting or rust). Function- wise, I notice the toggle was sometimes a bit difficult to pull open - possibly due to my lack of awkwardness with the toggle lock feature (did have the grip safety pressed down).
As for my choice - it just has an appeal - part visual, part history & last, it seems within my kind of budget, vs the 95-99% examples I have seen - which all seem well up there. I know everyone would like to see pictures before offering a judgement as to value range, but any ideas?
Thanks, Bob
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