Hawkmoon
16th March 2008, 00:10
There's a small, local gun & antique shop just down the road that has a Remington-Rand M1911A1 in the display case. It has been there for quite awhile, and nobody seems interested in even making an offer. Probably because it has been nickel plated, and the surface prep prior to plating was, err, "less than optimal."
I was chatting up the owner this afternoon, and he asked me about UNplating the nickel, so he can have the pistol refinished in a more historically correct Parkerized finish. Does anyone know if it's difficult to remove nickel plating at home? Every part of the pistol needs to be stripped -- whoever plated it did not only the external parts, but also the barrel, the recoil spring (!), the guide rod, the magazine (he missed the follower, though), and all the small parts on the outside. I field stripped it but I didn't detail strip it, so I don't know if he did the sear and trigger bow.
Any advice will be appreciated.
I was chatting up the owner this afternoon, and he asked me about UNplating the nickel, so he can have the pistol refinished in a more historically correct Parkerized finish. Does anyone know if it's difficult to remove nickel plating at home? Every part of the pistol needs to be stripped -- whoever plated it did not only the external parts, but also the barrel, the recoil spring (!), the guide rod, the magazine (he missed the follower, though), and all the small parts on the outside. I field stripped it but I didn't detail strip it, so I don't know if he did the sear and trigger bow.
Any advice will be appreciated.