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December 16, 2010
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I see people buying rusty barrel shrouds and paying a premium on the gun sites.
(1) With the rust on the shroud can they be stripped and sanded back and then polished to have them re-blued? 
(2) Does everyone have a beater revolver to put these shrouds on?
(3) Am i missing out of some barrel shroud fun! 
Thanks, Stovepipe
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April 20, 2010
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Stovepipe,
I see those rusty parts too, and I hope nobody is paying those ridiculous prices for them.
(1) I'm sure some things can be polished and reblued, but some of the shrouds I've seen for sale the rust is so bad that I'm afraid you couldnt cover the pits with truckbed liner.
(2) I for one do not have a beater ugly enough for those shrouds.
(3) IMO we are not missing out on anything but a lot of work for dubious results!
-The previous statements are just opinions of Lonwolf93 and are not meant to offend people who like rusty guns
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December 16, 2010
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Lonwolf93 , You mite have something with the truck bed liner coating, never thought of that.
When i see those rusted shrouds i usually shake my head in in sadness.
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December 4, 2011
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Would a rusty shroud be a candidate for electoplating? Since that process deposits material on the base metal, would it help fill in pits? Could be fun to hard chrome or nickel plate a beater shroud to see what the result would be. This presupposes that said beater was cheap.
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March 27, 2009
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I had a pitted but other wise great shape 14-2 coated. looks good but different and I was into it right!
Unless the shrouds are bargin bin i don't need them infecting the others!
August 28, 2009
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I'd have to agree with the others, we're not missing anything by passing on the rust buckets. The final finish on the end product is only as good as the underlying base. IF the the rust has pitted into the steel, it will have to be buffed out and if the pits are deep, buffing them out will change the surface profiles and round edges.
Scorpio - the same holds true for plating, even more so. Whatever you can see or feel prior to plating, you'll see it afterwards. Typical nickel or hard chrome is about .0003" in thickness and will follow the imperfections rather than hide them.
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In past times I have bid on some rust buckets for the purpose of attempting some backyard machine work modifications. I always got out bid so never got to try.
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March 2, 2008
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harly said
Scorpio - the same holds true for plating, even more so. Whatever you can see or feel prior to plating, you'll see it afterwards. Typical nickel or hard chrome is about .0003" in thickness and will follow the imperfections rather than hide them.
Absolutely true, and in fact the light, bright, shiny finish may actually show some flaws that would be less noticeable on a blued finish. When I had a gun done in nickel, the shop examined it very closely beforehand to make sure they would get the desired result before even taking on the project.
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October 12, 2012
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Speaking of which, did you folks see the pistol pack, sans revolver and 6" BA, posted on eBay? It closed today for $377 and I can hardly believe it! Those shrouds were as bad as anything I've seen... sad.
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