Fingers McGee
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GWII are Great Western II revolvers made by Pietta and sold by EMF. BS/TG can be gotten from VTI
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Polished Steel
- Thread starter mike in nc
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mike in nc
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"I heard info that says the metal of those "polished steel" guns is specially hardened to resist rust. Came from Pietta supposedly. Makes sense to me."
Hope so, I have one on order
Bill DeShivs
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Possibly hard chrome plating.
starbuck125
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thanks, for the warning !! arcticap. that might explain the low prices. been looking at them for awhile, but something did"nt seem right to me.
Shot my polished steel sheriffs model 1860 at the US Open in Sparta Illinois over the last weekend.
The weather was continuous rain and drizzle for the first day with misty conditions for the second. Obviously extremely high humidity. Friday after shooting I wiped the rain off of all guns, gave them a ballistol spray and put them in their cases. Took them out Sat morning and discovered the polished steel had "flash" rusted. There is obviously no protective on the exterior of the guns.
I'll either blue or brown to reduce this possibility in the future.
The weather was continuous rain and drizzle for the first day with misty conditions for the second. Obviously extremely high humidity. Friday after shooting I wiped the rain off of all guns, gave them a ballistol spray and put them in their cases. Took them out Sat morning and discovered the polished steel had "flash" rusted. There is obviously no protective on the exterior of the guns.
I'll either blue or brown to reduce this possibility in the future.
Sparta Illinois over the last weekend.
The weather was continuous rain and drizzle for the first day with misty conditions for the second. Obviously extremely high humidity. Friday after shooting I wiped the rain off of all guns, gave them a ballistol spray and put them in their cases. Took them out Sat morning and discovered the polished steel had "flash" rusted. There is obviously no protective on the exterior of the guns.
I'll either blue or brown to reduce this possibility in the future.
Or you could just card off the rust and eventually you would have a cross between and "original finish" as Cimarron calls it and a "slow rust blue". Personally I was thinking of buying a pistol like this to 'rust blue'. I refinished an original 1897 Winchester with the 'slow rust blue' processes and I like the way it looks.