"Silver" Israeli Kareen pistols

[johnwilliamson062]

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog...ED--CENSORED--CENSORED--CENSORED-=BGSWS052016

Does anyone know if these are parkerized or not? Everything I can find on the guns says the Kareens are either parked(MK II & MK III) or hot blued(MK I). I know there are some parkerizing processes that can change the color from the traditional, but this doesn't look like a parkerized finish to me.

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Those are nickel plated.

 

[TunnelRat]

^ Seemed kinda obv from pictures...

 

[johnwilliamson062]

Thanks for the info. That is more what it looked like. A little surprised the Israelis would go to that expense.

 

[jonnyc]

They didn't. Pretty sure those are aftermarket refinishes. I saw a good number of Kareens in Israel, and here in my safe. Never saw an original "clone version" in silver.

 

[Bill DeShivs]

Looks factory to me, and I do nickel plating.

 

[jonnyc]

If you get one, post pics of the left side. Might have been a commercial/civilian option. They didn't make many of those earlier "clone" Kareens before they switched over to the "space gun" models.

 

[johnwilliamson062]

Seemed kinda obv from pictures...

I've been thinking agout it and I want to know how you were so sure? Obviously some sort of plaiting/finish from the way it is worn, but how did you know it was nickel? In person I could tell the difference, but from that photo I'm not so sure. I've seen cerakote worn in similar places and that is one of the dullest nickel finishes I have seen.I don't know much at all about parkerizing b/c it is a poor finish IMO, but I recall seeing one company selling a product they called parkerizing in many colors that weren't that far off(maybe zinc phosphating with some additives?).
Doesn't nickel often flake/bubble. I've really not seen all that many guns where a good nickel finish actually wears through.
Why not a worn matte hard chrome?
What about that finish screams nickel to you?

These are supposed to be direct surplus from Israeli police and the finish is worn, so I do not think it is an aftermarket/civilian finish.

Not that important to me as far as buying. I'm going to pass for now.