Help on refinishing a Nickle pistol

[Duckfoot]

Gent's
I'm looking to refinish a Nickle coated pistol that works great but the Nickle finish is comming off at the normal wear spots for a working gun. Some of coatings I've been looking at have been ,parkerizing, Roguard, KGI Gunkote, Diamondkote, Arctic Kote, np3... Now I understand that the rest of the Nickle has to be stripped off and that will add to the cost but is it possable to have this job done around $200. If so, drop the name of good smiths that would like such work. The pistol in question is my wife's browning BDA in a .380 (not my choice but a nice shooter) as she works for a security service.

Thanks for your time


John

 

[Duckfoot]

Just did search on refinishing

Answered, most if my questions, but any advise is welcomed.

Thanks

 

[SteveC]

Ever think of Black-T?

I read that Birdsong will put Black-T over e-nickel.

Maybe save yourself the effort of stripping the nickel, and get some extra corrosion protection.

Steve

 

[johnwill]

Personally, I think it's a real bad idea to leave the old nickel finish, since it's already coming off!

 

[James K]

Hi, Duckfoot,

You probably know about removing the nickel electrically, essentially the reverse of the way it was put on. I have had it done on several guns, then had them blued. This works pretty well, but sometimes leaves the gun a bit loose as the factory made slight changes to guns to be nickeled to allow for the thickness of the nickel.

Jim

 

[Al Thompson]

www.apwcogan.com

I've had great service from Bob Cogan and would recommend his work.

 

[WESHOOT2]

ME TOO

Mr. Cogan is awesome.

Also can highly recommend NP3.

 

[Ledbetter]

Consider hard chrome.