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Looks great !!! I've read that there are a lot of different effects ya can get in the resulting finish with different types of media and pressure settings - can ya share any details on how the gun was blasted?

"it looks like there's pitting in addition to rust. Bead blasting will remove the rust but not the pitting" - I was never able to find anyone that did bead blasting locally, besides car repair shops that usually did sand blasting - don't do sand blasting on your gun. I like tinkering with guns and I've taken a number of gunsmithing courses, but I'm certainly not a gunsmith - that being said, my friend has a bead blasting setup that he's allowed me to use from time to time to bead blast some older, relatively inexpensive guns where the finish was cosmetically challenged - a couple had rust \ pitting (under the grip panels) as shown in your gun. I found that bead blasting resulted in a surface that effectively "disguised" the pitting - bead blasting doesn't remove any material, it just "re-configures" the surface - the resulting finish \ texture I ended up with was rougher than a brushed or matte stainless finish, but not quite as complex as a stippled Glock looks like. I'm not sure what the pressure setting is on my friend's setup, not am I sure about the specifics of the media he has in the blasting cabinet (some form of well-used glass beads) - and I've read that different pressure settings and blasting media can result in very different finishes - but mine turned out fine, for me. Obviously it's VERY important to completely disassemble and clean any part that goes into the blasting cabinet - the dust \ particles go everywhere and get into every nook and cranny - I use brake parts cleaner followed by an ultrasonic cleaner (less than $60 at Harbor Freight).