Uberti Desperado

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Does anybody know anything about uberti's nickel plated revolvers specifically the desperado model and would someone kinda tell me what a nickel finish looks like I've never really seen one in person is it like the finish on the ruger vaqueros the gloss stainless or whatever it's called.
 
I have a Uberti 1873 cattleman with nickel finish, but here is a picture of the desperado.
 

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SAA, I noticed your location. Say hello to US Marshall Raylan Givens :D

You asked about nickle plated revolvers, but you really mean polished stainless steel, don't you? That pic in the other response sure looks like polished SS, and the Ruger you mention is certainly polished SS.

Nickle plating is soft and obsolete, IMHO.

Bart Noir
 
Nickel plating is not particularly soft, and most certainly is not obsolete!
It is much more durable than bluing, and electroless nickel is actually quite hard.
Nickel plating, done properly, can be one of the most attractive finishes.
 
Bill, are not nickel plating and electroless nickel entirely different finishes? The second is certainly very duarable.

And I am not sure if electroless nickel can be polished. If anybody knows for sure, please share that info.

Bart Noir
 
Back to the OP's question.

"Is it like the finish on the Ruger Vaqueros...?"

Well, they are both shiny, but they are different.

The experts here can elaborate on this, but nickel, like bluing, is a finish applied to the exterior of carbon steel. Stainless guns, on the other hand, are solid stainless steel.

I believe the high polish on the stainless Vaqueros was intended to resemble nickel.
 
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As far as I'm concerned, stainless in no way resembles nickel.

Nickel is, as noted, a plating over carbon steel. It slightly yellows, or turns golden color, with age. It has a character about the finish that stainless can never achieve. Stainless has as much character as polymer.

Bob Wright
 
Electroless and electrolytic nickel finishes are generally the same. The application methods are different, and additives can be used with electroless.
Plating does not make things shiny or matte- the surface finish that is plated dictates how the plated article looks. Nickel (either method) plated on a polished surface will be shiny, or if plated on a sandblasted finish will be satin.
 
robhof

I prefer stainless or blued, but that's just me, oh, and Bart Raylan Givens is actually filmed in Pennsylvania, a great show, but nothing looks like Ky there, except the people.:D:p
 
I agree that nickel has more character than stainless. I've read that Ruger's intention in offering the high polish stainless was that it would resemble the old nickel guns.
 
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