If what you're doing gives you satisfaction at the results, then why worry about it?
Look at it this way. Some folks want a fancy wine with their dinner and can tell you all about the differences in wines--personally, I'd rather have a coke--I can't tell one wine from another and think it would be a waste of time to try to learn all that stuff. So if you'd rather have a coke, like me, why get all cranked up over the differences in various wines?
The size pictures you're posting are not going to provide any useful information.
Flats should be perfectly flat, markings crisp, edges sharp. No blurring of edges, rounding of corners, no waves in the surface. It's pretty rare for a factory gun to be that way to begin with--that's why we see so many matte finishes from the factory. They are quick and easy to apply and hide/de-emphasize imperfections.
When I polished my GP100, the smoother surface revealed a lot of issues that weren't really apparent with the factory finish. I liked how it looked after, but I haven't polished it again for that reason.
Look at it this way. Some folks want a fancy wine with their dinner and can tell you all about the differences in wines--personally, I'd rather have a coke--I can't tell one wine from another and think it would be a waste of time to try to learn all that stuff. So if you'd rather have a coke, like me, why get all cranked up over the differences in various wines?
The size pictures you're posting are not going to provide any useful information.
Flats should be perfectly flat, markings crisp, edges sharp. No blurring of edges, rounding of corners, no waves in the surface. It's pretty rare for a factory gun to be that way to begin with--that's why we see so many matte finishes from the factory. They are quick and easy to apply and hide/de-emphasize imperfections.
When I polished my GP100, the smoother surface revealed a lot of issues that weren't really apparent with the factory finish. I liked how it looked after, but I haven't polished it again for that reason.