'Blue Nickel' finish?

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croyance

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Just saw a revolver today with a so called 'blue nickel' finish.
How well does it wear?
Does it really have nickel in it, or is it just a name?
Which solvents are bad for it? Is it the same as nickel finishes where I need to avoid Hoppes #9?
 
Yes it is, but as I said, it has supposedly been through the Performance Center of Smith & Wesson. There is also a brass bead sitting on the front sight, not a standard item either.
 
Why would they coat stainless steel with a copper base then add a nickel finish? Then after all that add a blue color to the nickel? Are you sure you just aren't looking at a high polish blue finish?
The brass bead front sight has been a common item for many decades. It's not standard, but not uncommon either. S&W still sells them on their website.
 
I have no idea why anybody would do half the things they do, just trying to find out about some of it.
Well when I open the cylinder, it clearly says 625-2.
The cylinder is not blue. The frame clearly is not a high polish anything. It does have a finish on it though.
The label with the gun says 'Nickel Blue'. So somebody thinks that means something - just clearly nobody here.
 
If you get a chance ask them to explain or give a reference. I also would like to know as I have never heard of that.

Just a thought, was the revolver by any chance a M686? There was once a special run of them where a blue colored finish was applied over the stainless. It wasn't very durable and wore off rather easily and quickly. Owners where upset about how flimsy it really was and S&W never traveled down that road again, but did make a detour and had the same basic problem with the sray on coating of the M637 and M642.
 
The only time I've ever heard of blued nickle was with some black powder revos. I can't remember what model it was or who made it but it was a copy of a Colt cap and ball, and it did have a Brass grip frame that had some horrible brown-burgundy looking color to it. I asked what the finish was, and I was told the maker was nickel plating the frame and then blueing it. Aparently after it is handled a little bit it turns a brown patina color that is supposed to duplicate an old guns patina.

Didn't really care for the look nor did I care.
 
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