Mickey,

The exterior is fine but there was a re-black that seemed to be done well with no softening due to polishing of the letters/engraving. Very little case coloring left. I actually haven't asked JJ what the charge is at this point for just the rehinging and probably the rounds he loaded for the firing test that didn't happen. Need to follow-up on that. I was anticipating about $1k total if he had to adjust and re-solder the barrels. Both Simon Clode at WR and JJ thought that would likely be required given the vertical displacement my groups exibited. Had that worked, I would have had no real regrets about the purchase - even with the extra cost.

Regards,
Emory