wild cat mccane
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Hey there,
I just picked up another 686 Plus. It won't be my first Mothers Mag Polish revolver rag/hand polish, but it will be my first 686 polish. I have done a few Taurus 66s and a GP100. So feel good about the outcome. But on the 686 specifically...
-Can the mim hammer and trigger get polished to remove S&W's fake case hardening? This new one is particularly bad in appearance. It's a single streak of black down the middle of the trigger. Just looks like an oil drip more than an appearance "pretty." I'd like to just go metal look. I know for a fact S&W will not "fix" this as I tried to get them to fix another that was also ugly. If it can be polished, do we know what appearance it would have under that fake black?,
-would the flat face muzzle to an area to avoid? Done them before and makes clean up quicker, but want to check from you 686 experts. It doesn't appear to have any crown to worry about and polish isn't really removing any material of note,
-That S&W logo stamp. It's so darn weakly printed. I'm wondering if I'm going to end up polishing it out?,
-I've never removed the screw held on cylinder release. Is it ok to just remove it with a screwdriver with tape around it? Simple on and off? No idea, but I want to polish under that area without playing the q-tip game.
Thanks!
I just picked up another 686 Plus. It won't be my first Mothers Mag Polish revolver rag/hand polish, but it will be my first 686 polish. I have done a few Taurus 66s and a GP100. So feel good about the outcome. But on the 686 specifically...
-Can the mim hammer and trigger get polished to remove S&W's fake case hardening? This new one is particularly bad in appearance. It's a single streak of black down the middle of the trigger. Just looks like an oil drip more than an appearance "pretty." I'd like to just go metal look. I know for a fact S&W will not "fix" this as I tried to get them to fix another that was also ugly. If it can be polished, do we know what appearance it would have under that fake black?,
-would the flat face muzzle to an area to avoid? Done them before and makes clean up quicker, but want to check from you 686 experts. It doesn't appear to have any crown to worry about and polish isn't really removing any material of note,
-That S&W logo stamp. It's so darn weakly printed. I'm wondering if I'm going to end up polishing it out?,
-I've never removed the screw held on cylinder release. Is it ok to just remove it with a screwdriver with tape around it? Simple on and off? No idea, but I want to polish under that area without playing the q-tip game.
Thanks!