A well worn in gun with scars can be a beautiful thing. I'd rather look at a picture of one with hard use than a new unfired one...I will not show a picture of mine on here, because it looks horrible now. That being said it shoots great, has ridden on my hip or on my four wheeler s lot. It has about 1500 rounds through it. Well worth the money.
My stiff loading gate issue smoothed out and eased up with time.
The only negative I put on this gun is the narrow front sight blade that can be tough to see with my aging eyes in lower light.