Matte Stainless Problem (and yes Taurus QC SUCKS)

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coppinger

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I made the mistake of buying a new stainless Taurus 608. The day after I bought it I found on this forum how to evaluate a revolver. Sure as h*ll I find 5 of the 8 cylinder holes to be out of time and I have yet to shoot it. I take it back the next day and the factory tells the dealer that they will do a rush repair order on it and I'll it back in 2 weeks. SIX WEEKS later I get it back and it looks like they replaced the cylinder. Unfortunatley Pedro, or Juan, or whoever apparently took out the hammer for whatever reason. There is a ton of white grease gooped around the firing pin/hammer area and some deep abrasion marks immediately behind the hammer on the back strap edge itself. Of course I don't see this till a I take it home and since I don't want to wait another 6-8 weeks I decide to whip out the Dremel and soft felt tip and some metal polish. The scratches are so deep that I have to use a rubber polishing tip at first. In the end I am able to remove about 75% of the scratches/gouges before I chicken out and call it quits. My question to those of you who are still with me after this long winded story (I apologize) is what can I do about this 1/4"x1/4" mirror finish spot that I have on my backstrap on a matte stainless pistol? And how deep can I go before I do some damage. I still have yet to shoot the damn thing- maybe Friday. In the end I should have bought a Ruger. Thanks for hearing me out and your input.
 
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Call Juan and see if he has a sandblasting cabinet. Don't be so hard on him next time, he only made one mistake, while it sounds like you made a few.
 
Your right E357 - my mistake was thinking Juan could do the job right the first time-or at least polish out the scratches and reblast it while he had it instead of hoping that the customer would not notice!!!
 
I sometimes overlook faults with Taurus and Kel-Tec because at least they are trying to innovate in an increasingly difficult political climate, at prices a working man can afford. When I look at Colt or S&W, I get very sad. And when I look at the black Euro plasti-crap that many think are fine weapons ...

Elliot
 
Maybe I'm off base, but you might be able to get some sandpaper, maybe 200 grit or finer, and rub in the direction that the matte finish appears to go. Key is to keep the strokes in the same direction and go slow.
 
I've done a fair amount of polishing on SW stainless guns which also have a matte finish. If you are going to use sandpaper, don't go rougher than 600# and follow with 800#. On my guns, I have buffed some up to mirror finish on the barrels and cylinders, some I leave "brushed" by oil sanding with 800# in a straight direction evenly over the surface. The "brushed" look is easier to care for and doesn't show fingerprints.

On the outside of the gun, I think you can polish all you want. It isn't surface hardened, so there is no danger of going too deep. On hammers and triggers, I believe they are case (surface) hardened so do not polish them much or the hardened surface will wear off.
 
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