The original guns had real hand cut engraving, where Repro's have impressed engraving or etched with some hand cut accents. The stock finish is ...well yellow looking. A little red/brown stain would help. Those and the lack of real casecolors are the only few physical characteristics that are negatives to me. All the other physical characteristics are hands down better on a repro.
But the real big intangible is the fact that the gun is not a classic vintage American made gun and it's made in Japan. If the gun had been made in the US, it would have undoubtedly greater following and a long, ever popular appeal here in the US.
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