How did that ol' saying go? "One man's trash is another man's treasure." So some guns are for one person and not for another........ I have to say one thing about staining a rubber pad- nothing looks worse than seeing an old gun with a nice new shiny orange pad sticking out like a sore thumb. So some people stain them just to tone them down since they might not want to wait 30 years to age them normally. I bought a Model 21 that was serial numbered below 100 once with a new orange pad on it. Nope, it had to go.