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Post by magnumwheelman on Sept 29, 2014 8:54:14 GMT -5
my 257 Special Ruger "single" was a stainless gun, but it has a chrome moly barrel & cylinder... which when in the white match nicely with the finish of the stainless gun... however I'm getting light surface rust & rusty finger prints showing up on the non stainless parts, so I'm guessing it's time to give up the gun for a while for some metal finishing... I'm thinking about high polish blue on the cylinder & barrel, & leaving the rest stainless, or having the whole gun nickel or hard chromed... looking for suggestions... I'm not sure how the stainless will take the plating  I either want the gun one color, or definitely 2 toned, I don't think I want to finish the cylinder & barrel with nickel, & not plate the stainless if there will be a slight color difference thoughts or suggestions welcome... |
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Post by medicdave on Sept 29, 2014 9:16:24 GMT -5
Cerekote or similar they do multicolors in different layers and it protects well. Going to do the pinto blued metal refinish in midnight blue.  |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Sept 29, 2014 9:37:43 GMT -5
thanks for the suggestion... I had not thought about a coating like that on a single action revolver... ( I supposed it's not any different than the alloy framed 22's ) I'd be curious how your project comes out... I also have an old H&R folding shotgun, that I customized, by shortening the barrel to the same length as the stock, when folded ( yup, still plenty long for legal ) this is with the added a Poly Choke on it, & a fiber optic front bead... I still need to do cosmetic / rust resistant coating so it can ride around the truck & not worry about it growing the "brown fuzzies"
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Post by medicdave on Sept 29, 2014 9:47:46 GMT -5
Not real traditional, but doesn't look bad and it's tougher for a working gun than bluing. Local guy quoted less than $100 bucks to do the blue parts of this one. Need to finish getting the billboard off the barrel and it will be headed over.  |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Sept 29, 2014 9:58:27 GMT -5
Mine would be almost opposite if I Blued the barrel & cylinder & left the rest stainless...
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Post by medicdave on Sept 29, 2014 11:15:54 GMT -5
They have quite a few silver shades that could match your stainless as well, or could shoot the whole gun one color.
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Post by Aggie01 on Sept 29, 2014 16:26:28 GMT -5
Not sure about all platers, but mahovsky's metalife will cover everything evenly.
I know some refinishers can blue stainless.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Sept 30, 2014 15:15:48 GMT -5
well, I took the gun to the same shop that did my lil S&W #2 snubbie... they couldn't guarantee the nickel over the stainless, so my options at this shop, was to blue the barrel & cylinder, or Duracoat... I opted not to paint this one & chose high polish blue on the cylinder & barrel, even though final cost is $75.00 more now I'm looking for some new grips, maybe black micarta or |
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Post by medicdave on Sept 30, 2014 15:45:11 GMT -5
Buffalo horn? Look on fleabay, there's a guy selling real buff for $30 a set.  |
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Post by magnumwheelman on Sept 30, 2014 15:52:09 GMT -5
I'd love a set of buff horn grips... even better if I could get silver & black medallions on them... I have a nice set of birdshead on my Montado snubbie ( my avatar gun )
just checked saw some used for Blackhawk... but didn't find too many... yet... I'll have at least a 2 month wait( that's what they told me on my lil S&W, & that turned into 6-7 months )... so I have a while to look...
the single 10 should have the same grip frame as the single six??? & that is the XR3-red frame right???
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Post by medicdave on Sept 30, 2014 15:58:01 GMT -5
Yup that's a red. Search under seller:firearmgrips. He rotates through what he has listed, but I've seen him list everything except bisleys. Medallions are only a 1/2" forstner bit away.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Sept 30, 2014 17:27:16 GMT -5
Actually I found a set of buff grips... lightly used, with medallions, with a make an offer, & the seller accepted my offer, so I guess I already have grips...   |
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Post by medicdave on Sept 30, 2014 19:22:44 GMT -5
Nice.
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Post by magnumwheelman on Oct 7, 2014 8:34:35 GMT -5
got my buff horn grips, they are pretty nice fore used... could maybe use a few spots polished down, to look new, but over all, very nice... I imagine I have quite a wait on the revolver, as they blue in batches, & have to wait till they have their 20-40 gun quota for batch of bluing,,,
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Post by medicdave on Oct 7, 2014 10:03:13 GMT -5
No fun waiting, but the buff looks nice. Looking for something to stick these onto.   |
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I either want the gun one color, or definitely 2 toned, I don't think I want to finish the cylinder & barrel with nickel, & not plate the stainless if there will be a slight color difference
