I have the early model and love it. I just looked at one nib of the same model, bead blasted slide, and matte blue frame for 759 bucks. When I bought mine a few yrs. ago the same shop had them for 40 bucks more. So I went to R&F Gunshop in Greece NY, which I didn't really want to do cause the owner is rather caustic, and bought mine there for 529 plus tax. Look around first. You never know what will come up. I will say this though for the upteenth time that beyond a shadow of a doubt it is the finest non custom .45acp I have ever had the pleasure to own. Keep'em sharp
PS That includes Para, Colt(had 2 enhanced models, and Kimber, along with a Firestar)