I recently bought a pretty decent Taurus PT92 AF (The Beretta 92 copy) for a heck of a deal.
The sides of the slide are a shinny blued steel, while the rest of the slide and frame are a sort of matt black finish. It came with block Hogue rubber grips
I bought some nice wood grips (stocks) to put on the gun and now I'm seriously considering polishing the flats of the slide to give the gun a nice tri tone look (black, shinny metal, and wood).
I'm hesitant to do it because the gun is not stainless steel, and by removing the bluing on the sides of the slide I'd be exposing just bare metal.
This is just a range gun for the most part, and I live in Colorado where it tends to be fairly dry.
I'm wondering if anyone can give me an idea of how much rust protection bluing really offers over bare steel.
Also feel free to state your opinion as to whether I should go through with this or just leave it alone.
The bluing on it right now is not in bade shape, it's got a few minor scratches and some wear, but looks pretty good over all. I just think it would look a lot better as a tri tone gun as opposed to all black or even black with the wood grips.
I feel a bit crazy for even considering the idea of polishing off a perfectly adequate finish from a gun only to leave bear steel behind. Tell me I'm crazy, or tell me it's a great idea, I don't care. I just want to see what you all think of the idea.
Thanks
The sides of the slide are a shinny blued steel, while the rest of the slide and frame are a sort of matt black finish. It came with block Hogue rubber grips
I bought some nice wood grips (stocks) to put on the gun and now I'm seriously considering polishing the flats of the slide to give the gun a nice tri tone look (black, shinny metal, and wood).
I'm hesitant to do it because the gun is not stainless steel, and by removing the bluing on the sides of the slide I'd be exposing just bare metal.
This is just a range gun for the most part, and I live in Colorado where it tends to be fairly dry.
I'm wondering if anyone can give me an idea of how much rust protection bluing really offers over bare steel.
Also feel free to state your opinion as to whether I should go through with this or just leave it alone.
The bluing on it right now is not in bade shape, it's got a few minor scratches and some wear, but looks pretty good over all. I just think it would look a lot better as a tri tone gun as opposed to all black or even black with the wood grips.
I feel a bit crazy for even considering the idea of polishing off a perfectly adequate finish from a gun only to leave bear steel behind. Tell me I'm crazy, or tell me it's a great idea, I don't care. I just want to see what you all think of the idea.
Thanks