Best Way to Store Nickel Plated?

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poortrader

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My father gave me his nickel plated Colt Police Positve a while back. It was in remarkable condition. He hadn't shot it in about 15 years. When he gave it to me, he had it wrapped in a towel in a box.

There was a slight discoloration on the cylinder, but nowhere else. I cleaned the gun, shot it once, and cleaned it again. I need to find the best way to store it now since it's not my carry gun and I probably won't shoot it as much. My other guns, I shoot about once a month.

Personally, I'm not fond of the double action.

Thanks.
 
Clean it well and oil it with a good oil. If you wrap it in something make sure the rag/towel is oiled well.

BE CAREFUL, some solvents are very aggressive to nickle. Even good old Hoppes #9 is not a good choice, use CLP or something like it to clean the gun.
 
Spray with a good oil, I like shark oil myself. It dries and leaves a skin. Then put it in a woollen sock. It will last in there for all eternity.
 
lose that nickle plated sissy pistol............

no any good gun oil and wrap it up. I have some oiled sleeves made for protecting guns from rust.
 
Read in one of the gun mags years ago, someone left a nickled S&W cylinder in Hoppe's to soak, it removed the nickel.
 
Watever you do, DO NOT! repeat DO NOT! wrap your roscoe in a silicone cloth or wipe with silicone based oil. The stuff penetrates and gets under the nickel and flakes right off. This happened to a good friends nickel chiefs special, that was also stored in a silicone cloth.

Good luck!
 
I prefer to use wax on my nickel guns rather than oil.
Oil smears and detracts from the appearance.
If you do use some sort of oil, Ballistol is a good one to use. I use Ballistol to clean all of my nickel guns (and also all of my blued and stainless ones for that matter), then wipe them off and apply a coat of gun wax and buff it to a bright finish.

Re: Avoiding solvents and in particular #9.
Don't use anything with ammonia in it. #9 is bad for nickel for a numeber of reasons. It attacks the copper underneath the nickel. Other solvents will turn the nickel yellow.

Nickel is a tough finish. Much tougher than blued steel. There's no reason to pamper it as much as a blued finish.
 
Silicone bad? Where's the evidence?

1)I can relate with the fact that wrapping a silicone cloth around any gun(And leaving it in this condition for a long while!)could very likely cause damage to a nickel(Or a blued!)finish!

2)However, I have never heard that just wiping down any gun finish(Including nickel)with a silicone cloth(Unless the gun had been wrapped and left in the silicone cloth!)would ever cause any damage? :barf:

3)Does anyone have any evidence that silicone itself(From being wiped down with a silicone cloth?)had ever caused any damage to a nickel finish? I also have never heard of silicone oil in itself, being a penetrant(Like a harmful solvent!)that might penetrate under the nickel finish(And cause damage!)by attacking the copper underneath the nickel finish? If this is true, then I certainly would like to get any available facts regarding this? :eek: :confused:
 
boa2,
My buddy left his roscoe wraped in a silicone cloth, the type sold at wallyworld thats manufactured by Birchwood Caseys and labeled "GUN and ROD cloth". He stored it in this maner for about a month before he checked in on it and discovered that his nickel was flaking off. To me thats proof enough! I shure wouldnt want to ruin a gun knowing it could hapen again.

Not using a silicone cloth on nickel is cheap insurance to me. I just pass along what I've seen.
 
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