It certainly is slow, tedious work, and normally I would have just left it alone, but it looked unfinished and ugly for such a beautiful weapon. I've got some 45hrs of sanding, buffing, staring at and detailing this thing. The hours fly when you have fun.  I always wanted to have a polished fixed-barrel, with the no-vent rib it looks soooo cool.

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@photohause:  Thanks for the thumbs up! As for materials used, l start with #1500 sand paper, hand pressing over entire surface until the original finish is gone. The rough inside of the frame gets #800 and up from there ( if you like your fingers). Then lots of #2000 and #2500 sand paper all over every bit of surface until the reflection of your dirty fingers is good. That's the onerous part...But then the fun begins when you cut strips of #3000 and #5000 soft PADS and wet sand. The first pics are of that part of the process ( it's reflective but a little hazy after that). The last bunch of pics below were taken after finishing with #5000, #7000, #10000, and #12000 grit, and it's all done wet. After that you polish with a 5" hard wheel and rouge cut, using a 3500rpm polisher. That removes the finest blurs and it evens out the polish. It took me a few hours. Afterwards, l took It apart and cleaned the living you know what out of every part. If you're still not happy with the shine by now, you'll need the walrus hide-covered wooden wheel with the powder media like the old timers used up to the sixties, but I'm done.

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