Notice the careful exclusion of the word "original" in relationship to any mention of the gun's finish...
Then they go on and claim the blueing is "98.9%"...here is the G-B ad text :
" ...This is a collector-grade gun with 98.9% bluing..."
But if you go to the PIA web site, you see this legal mumble-jumble about rating a gun's % finish...
"..It is entirely subjective to give any Luger a rating of excellence or fine, just as it is to declare it xx% blued or strawed. Bluing percentages is like Beauty; in the eye of beholder..."
And when they "beholding" your money, you loose the argument about not getting a gun that is 98.9% when it comes out of the box at your home.
And...they even have a link to the NRA grading criteria for grading antique arms...on their web site...
Yeah...you betca'...