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June 25, 2013
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I am extremely interested in doing this to the 22 DW.
Tell me about your experience having this done.
You know things like who, what, where, how much. We're you satisfied?
What kind of prepping. I am interested in a bright polished look.
Is that what you had done? It looks like it. Was there any extra polishing involved?
Any problems with tolerances later?
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June 25, 2013
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Ok I have been doing some research on the web about gun finishes.
I guess what I'm sort of PO'ed at myself is because all my handguns are nickle plated. Well the Ruger is Chrome plated and that is wearing thin. The nickle plated guns are holding up really well.
The issue is with this blued 22 DW when I clean it I find that it is so easy to scratch the side plate with the extractor. 
I do this inadvertently so darn easy too.
So now reading these websites they seem to favor matte finishes. Some actually advise hard applied finishes if your gonna be using your gun on a regular basis.
I do like nickel for the looks and it is durable.
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March 2, 2008
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The info is posted somewhere here, but briefly:
I had a 15-2 that was in very good condition, the bluing was clean and there were no pits, serious dings or scratches. My local gunsmith took it on, tore it down and sent it out for prep and plating. When it came back from the finisher (I think it was US Firearms here in CT) he reassembled it. There was some fitting involved, and he did a little tuning and installed new springs. As I recall, it cost about $300 (+?) several years ago.
I can tell you that the entire gun was polished to a mirror smooth surface, the absence of nicks, dings, and scratches was important in this step. A base coat of copper was plated, then the nickel. I purposely left the trigger, hammer, sights, and extractor star black.
The plating is pretty thin, there were no problems with tolerances, although the gunsmith did a little fitting inside the sideplate.
This gun came out exactly the way I wanted it to, and I love it. I shoot it less than any other DW I own, but I do have another 15-2 and two 715's to shoot. I do shoot it, but with nickel I am very careful to not use a cleaner that removes copper, which eventually might work into the base copper layer and damage the nickel.
My gunsmith will probably not do this again, although he has done an additional shroud for me. The good news is that Ford's specializes in this kind of work.
http://www.fordsguns.com/index2-1.htm
This price may possibly not apply to a revolver, you would have check with them.
Pretty cool trio, I think
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June 25, 2013
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I can sure tell which is the nickel one ??? or is it polished stainless. I can see the reflection of the blued ones barrel.
I know now that any work done on the cylinder I'm going to place a folded rag in the frame to keep the cylinder away from the side plate and place some tape where the ejector "star" could touch the side of the gun.
Oh well, I know all about polishing things up to a mirror finish. I do this every three or fours years on a '54 Flying Cloud Airstream.
I see this in the future for this 22.
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June 25, 2013
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Steve said..... Pretty cool trio, I think
I do too!
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January 24, 2009
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I've got to agree there, that's a good looking trio.
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March 2, 2008
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Maxwell Silver said
I can sure tell which is the nickel one ??? or is it polished stainless. I can see the reflection of the blued ones barrel.
The one in back is Nickel.
The plain old blued 15-2 rocks.
There is a regular 715 in there too.
There IS another 715 in pieces that is very slowly and intermittently going to high polish.
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I just learned that 000 steel wool cleaned up that minor scratch and blend in a bluing pencil.
I'm happier. But still PO'ed at myself. Learning curve. Nickel Plating is more forgiving and that is probably part of my nonchalance handling this blued gun.
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