Right on, I won't fret about it if it's normal. I field stripped it, got er all cleaned up, heated everything and applied some FrogLube paste... After wiping it off the color is a bit more uniform (less reddish inside the slide). This trigger is going to take some getting used to, I can't seem to dry fire it without the front sight moving in DA mode. Perhaps a call to CGW is in order, but I'm going to shoot at least a few hundred rounds first to see what I really want to improve, if anything.
I gotta say, this is the prettiest gun I own now. I used to think they were plain and the skinny slide was odd looking, but it's really grown on me over the years. I'm surprised it took me this long to get one, especially considering all the raving lunatics who insist they're the greatest thing since JMB.