The hard chrome is nice, and if I were to carry one, Id definitely consider having it done. My MKIII's finish was more of a park "wash", and was wearing off just by handling and shooting it. I gave it a proper park job not long after I got it, and its held up well. I took the mag safety out because I wanted the mags to drop free. The trigger was fine, before and after, although I don't know what its weight actually is. Really like this version of the HP, but hate the ambi safety. Keep threatening to replace it, but at this point, Im not going tobother.
Picked this one up a couple of years back. Was in good shape, but I found out that somebody "improved" its trigger the first time I shot it as it put the first round I dropped the slide on into the ground about 6' in front of me. Thought hmmm, that's weird, but of course, I went right ahead and pulled the trigger again, and got a 4 or 5 round "burst" out of it that time. That was it for that range outing. Ended up putting a factory sear and sear spring in the gun and its been fine ever since. Took the mag safety out of it too, and and for the same reason, and its trigger feels about the same as the other one.