No problem, sorry to get offended so easily. Bad day. I dont know what process the gun was blued. I got it that way 14 years ago, and it has sat unfired since. It is a very slighly textured material. It has chipped a small pea sized area around the rear of the slide/trigger area, and the shiny stainless is easily seen. And halvenut, just for clarity sake, I was not looking for a value on the gun at all. I paid zero for the gun, and my cost of the gun will only be what I pay choose to pay on restoring it.I just worded my my orig. posr poorly yesterday, sorry. But now that we are on the subject, I guess used DE's are bringing around $800, right? Whether this one would, thats another story. I called Colt, the gun was originally strainless(model #02020) when shipped in 1989, according to them when I called yesterday. They told me the custom shop could remove the finish that was applied to the gun, and restore it back to the stainless finish. At the same time, I will have them go over it, and make sure the previous owner did not make any changes that made the gun unsafe, or less accurate, etc. However, if some of the changes enhanced the gun, such as the trigger pull, which feels awfully crisp, I will leave it be. I do not have another DE trigger to compare it to. I also want to make sure that the recoil springs in the gun are correct to deal with any issues of the early Delta's frame issues, and recoil. But to anyone's knowledge, there was never a trigger stop on any model Delta, am I safe in saying that? Thanks.
The attatched photo shows the finish under the chipped away blue finish, and the factory stainless that lies beneath. Also, has anyone ever seen these grips as factory before, or are they off of something else, with the emblem stuck in them?