long overdue followup - i decided not to do anything to it. the worn slide with the gray anodized early style AL grips looks fantastic. i'm going to put some Trijis or some TFOs on it (i have both) and call it a day.

I decided that i'd rather have something i'm not super worried about messing up; i have other guns i can worry about

i shot a steel competition with it (it's all i had a holster for in time) and it worked great. no malfunctions in the gun - the shooter on the other hand, that's a different story!