Decoration leaves me unimpressed. The short barrels, even more so. A 30" or 32" gun, all blue, no engraving, now you've got me interested. My old MX8, engraved by Heidimarie Hiptmayer, had more gold than the one pictured. A friend had given it to me to sell. Knowing it was worth much more than his figure, I was reluctant to let it go. I took a bad check in payment and paid my friend out of my pocket. It took me more than a year to collect on the check, but I finally did. My friend got wind of my problem, visited my office one afternoon, put a couple of hundreds on my desk after being assured that I did not lose money on the transaction. Good behavior on all sides except the new owner of the MX8. I have not seen it or him since.