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October 21, 2015
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I want to make my 15-2 Two Tone, so I am looking for the following parts in stainless steel
Cylinder, Hammer, trigger and cylinder latch
Want to stay with the shiny stainless look, so Cerakote is not an option.
Going for this look
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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If you cannot find the parts in stainless, there are other options are readily available:
1) Have your selected parts refinished in bright nickel or chrome. Lots of sparkly shine there.
2) Strip the bluing off the selected parts and maintain them "in the white", bare metal.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
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October 21, 2015
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Does any one know what it typically costs to fave stuff nickel plated?
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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Try Ford's and see if you can just send them parts to be refinished, and speaking of two tone, how about gold? That would almost certainly be a DW One of a Kind.
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
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February 13, 2012
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Oooh. Their master blue finish is pretty. I wonder how much that one costs. Does a nickel finish include the inside of the cylinders too on a revolver? Is it thin enough not to mess with loading cartridges? yet another possible purchase to put on the list.
Dans Club
March 2, 2008
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Here's a recent picture of the 15-2 I had done in nickel about six years ago. My LGS did the tear down and polishing needed prior to being refinished, and and had the nickel done by USFA (United States Fire Arms) which was then located in Hartford, CT and manufactured a wide variety of SA revolvers, many of which were nickel finished.
I purposely had the hammer, trigger, sights, and a few other small parts left blued, and the top of the frame and barrel shroud were not polished smooth to cut down glare while sighting. Those two areas look more like hard chrome. The entire frame and sideplate were done in nickel, but the unpolished interior surfaces also look like hard chrome.
I honestly do not remember the cost, I think it was about $300. That was before we had the Average Joe Tuneup procedure, I could have saved a lot of money by doing the tear down and reassembly myself.
Anyone contemplating Nickel needs to remember that it is a two step process, copper base coat, then nickel. DO NOT allow copper cleaning/removing cleaners to come in contact with the nickel, eventually it can cause the finish to erode or peel.
And yes, I do shoot this gun, but I confess that I am very careful to avoid nicks, scratches, and dings.
ps: LB grip, of course
I went to a bookstore and asked the saleswoman "Were is the Self Help Section?" She said if she told me, it would defeat the purpose.
George Carlin
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