Price sounds too high. I know the value has gone up in seven years, but I bought one in '06 from Cole's Dist. in excellent condition, little or no finish wear, and proper black grips without the star for $285.00
The one in the picture looks to have quite a lot of ware on the finish, and as mentioned the wrong grips.
BTW, my near like new East German Makarov also has a bit of slide movement side to side.
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