why not texture it with the picture you have. eg apply the picture you have as a texture to the whole side, I find the results are quite good, any facing that isnt the side can be made up from cutting and pasting from the original picture. This way you can save a hell of a lot of polys and get a more accurate model, you would not have to model the safty catch or the grooves. If I can find it I`ll post a picture of pistol I made a while ago so you can compare.
Pistol
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