Confirmed factory Ni, with box label "EL" printout. Dull Ni look typical of W. German, not Klein, plated guns.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/844994469
So, what's interesting about it?
1- Front sight is black, while everything else on the gun is Nickel. Possible that previous owner swapped front sight? Because, it's hard for me to think the factory just didn't plate the front sight.
2- The mags are not Nickel plated. Typically, full Nickel SIGs came with Nickel plated mags.
3- Box is gray cardboard, not the green one we're used to seeing of the early (pre-90) P225s. Interesting, also, that my 2 Ni P225s from 1986 came in the gray cardboard boxes, not green.
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/844994469
So, what's interesting about it?
1- Front sight is black, while everything else on the gun is Nickel. Possible that previous owner swapped front sight? Because, it's hard for me to think the factory just didn't plate the front sight.
2- The mags are not Nickel plated. Typically, full Nickel SIGs came with Nickel plated mags.
3- Box is gray cardboard, not the green one we're used to seeing of the early (pre-90) P225s. Interesting, also, that my 2 Ni P225s from 1986 came in the gray cardboard boxes, not green.