I wonder what shape the gun was in before it was sand blasted? The pitting does not bother me, only skin deep. The workmanship is superb and it shoots to point of aim at 3, 7 and 10 yards. I did some smoothing on the inside, the blasting had roughed it up pretty good. Looking at the original price before discount I could not have found a donner and done the same thing for what I paid for it.