Robert, thank you for visiting the forums. I hope you will find this a friendly place, and indeed there are some very knowledgeable people here. You can, and should add more pictures to this post if you would like to have the best opinions on your gun.
Your gun is a very well preserved specimen, however I would not put it in the class of a "benchmark" gun. A 99+ percent case colored gun would have so small an area of loss that it would be difficult to even find and the colors would be more vivid and display subtle changes in hues and color throughout. What I can see in your pictures is that some areas are displaying a degree of fading and are developing a bit of patina. All that said, I am basing this on photographs that could be subduing the state of the case colors but I still would stick to my statement that they are less than 99+ percent.
The trigger guard has lost 80 to 90 percent of its original nitre blue finish, at least on the outer surface.
Would like to see additional pictures of the wood and checkering and the barrels including the barrel flats, and the breech face and water table of the frame.
From the pictures provided, I cannot agree that this gun has ejectors. I think it has extractors only, but I hope that additional pictures will prove me wrong.
Your gun has more condition than several of my own and I'm not faulting it by any means, but I believe the appraisal you were given was a bit over generous.
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