This is true....as recently as a few years ago even. Suddenly not the case anymore! It's hard to find clean ones now that aren't listed for insane money on GB.Welcome, I like the classic “german made” series the most. A couple years ago, people wanted the milled stainless P series so much, that you could pickup a 226 or 220 for way less than $500.
I am lucky enough to have an unfired German 226 in full nickel among other Germans...finding that stuff nowadays is much harder now. Nothing but P320s out there - I think people are seeing the writing on the wall for the metal guns and have decided to start holding on to them.