Mine shoots fine too - my thought is that it could be visually more pleasing. Yes, it looked this way when I bought it.
The trigger itself is pretty much a non-issue by now too. My 452 is not scoped - it's a Lux and would be difficult to mount a scope on without resorting to overly-high mounts to clear the rear sight base. The good news is that the iron sights are quite good and I do not notice how sloppy the stock trigger is when not looking through a scope. Yes, I know there are many fixes for the trigger, but for now it is doing fine as an iron-sighted truck rifle.
I am very much aware that these rifles have a very loyal following and from most accounts I read just about everyone is delighted with theirs. Maybe I expected too much -- ??? --
