It looks like the goldflakes were just dumped there . <| sep |> I love this rifle . Too bad it ' s practically extinct now . I think the Malaysian military uses them , though . <| sep |> It ' s like grenades and pipebombs had a baby and out came a child that has more resemblance to it ' s mother pipebomb . I kinda like the designs . <| sep |> I don ' t think they ' re less common , I just think they ' re the most sought after and hence don ' t stay on the shelf long . I spent a month looking for a preowned P 229 . I wanted 9 mm , but I literally couldn ' t find a single one online or in stores but I had no problem finding them certified preowned in . 40 . 357 . I called a LGS that I ' m at weekly to verify before I bought the . 40 and amazingly they just got one in chamber in 9 . Fantastic gun .