arquebus357
New member
Most gun shops in my area have a number of older nickel plated revolvers at the dimly lit, bottom shelf of their display cases. Many are pretty good examples of quality pieces from top tier makers. The nickel plating is in poor shape making them pretty ugly but cheap examples of used firearms.
My question is, can the plating be removed and the revolver re-blued ? I know that Brownell's sells a nickel plating remover and I assume that it works. Is there a resulting dimension problem after the plating is removed ?
I realize that the result would have no collector's value but this site is not touted as a "collector"s" site the way Gunboards is. I just enjoy bringing guns, that are down on their luck, back from the brink.
Thanks for any input.
My question is, can the plating be removed and the revolver re-blued ? I know that Brownell's sells a nickel plating remover and I assume that it works. Is there a resulting dimension problem after the plating is removed ?
I realize that the result would have no collector's value but this site is not touted as a "collector"s" site the way Gunboards is. I just enjoy bringing guns, that are down on their luck, back from the brink.
Thanks for any input.