First Stop is reputable. The stock has been refinished, perhaps sanded a bit; there may be a tang crack,very minor and not a disqualifier by any means. You are going to need to strip the finish, do it right, and make that crack all but disappear if it is a crack in the first place. Have Ahlman's in MN recut the checkering when you are done refinishing it. It is an honest gun.
