They're all old guns and most of them have been re-worked to some degree. I wouldn't stress too much about it. Some were refurbished with paint (often called "BBQ paint" which can hide all kinds of blemishes, some had scratches covered over with some kind of cold blue pen. Some looked like scratches covered with a black magic marker. Mine looked like a polish blued finish (pretty nice) with some weird cold blue blotches. I cleaned mine off with alcohol if memory serves, I'd rather be looking at the original finish-scratches or not.
I get it though-at the prices they command these days, new buyers are looking closer. When they were $200 guns +/-, conversations about finish quality seemed to be few and far between.
We'd need to see what you're describing to take an educated guess, but the advice you'll likely get is to wipe it down and take it shooting. Their charm has little to do with the quality of the finish, they're absolute workhorses with decent accuracy and short-range punch.
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