Fixing a scratch in the finish of a parkerized pistol slide.
blues02
metal parts. Well I went to a gun show to find a holster and they
put one of those plastic ties on it to stop the slide from moving.
When I took the tie off, like an idiot with a knife instead of
sissors, I scratched the parkerizing off in two places! To make a
long story short, now my beautiful pistol has two glaring lines of
bare metal showing and it's annoying the hell out of me, plus opening
the metal up to rust. How can I fix this? Is there any fixup kit I
can get? I don't have the capacity to strip it then refinish it
myself. How can I "touch it up" or do I have to send the slide to a
company for a total re-finish?
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Neil Maxwell
#company for a total re-finish?
I asked this once, and the consensus was that it wasn't easy to
touch-up parkerizing. If you're a cheapskate (like me), I'd recommend
cold blue for starters. That takes the bright silver glare away, and
if you're unhappy with it and send it off anyway, you're only out a
few bucks for the cold blue.
Neil Maxwell - I don't speak for my employer
Charles Winters
close enough. - CW
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# snip
I scratched the parkerizing off in two places! To make a
# long story short, now my beautiful pistol has two glaring lines of
# bare metal showing and it's annoying the hell out of me, plus opening
# the metal up to rust. How can I fix this? Is there any fixup kit I
# can get? I don't have the capacity to strip it then refinish it
# myself. How can I "touch it up" or do I have to send the slide to a
# company for a total re-finish?
x
Jim Dauven
The frame was from Essex, the slide was an old Remington Rand that I
put in a mill and milled a groove down the top. I swaged a rib in the
slide groove. I installed a front sight on the rib at the front of the
slide.
I took the whole thing down to have it Z coated, (very flat black Oil
Proof Teflon baked on finish.) Cost me 50 bucks. When I got done I had
the sides of and the back of the hammer buffed to a high silver shine.
The
adjustable trigger is polished webbed aluminum, and the grip screws and
the
magazine catch have been chrome plated.
The rear sight is a William's sight adjustable for wind age and
elevation.
The top of the rear sight and the front sight have been painted with
a phophorsent material that glows in the dark. You cannot see it in the
day as the sights as well as the weapon are flat black, but at night the
sight as a di -- - -- look to it.
I finished off with custom hand carved fitted (to my hand ) rosewood
grips.
You should be able to find some one who can do baked on Teflon finishes
in your neck of the woods. It makes a good looking M1911 If I do say so
my self.
The independent
Charles Winters wrote:
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srstadler
than $100.00? Id love to get one done, But most of the prices I see are
over $200.00. Help! I have used a black permanent pen on Military
rifles and Parkerizing. Not perfect but most of the time you can't see it
unless you look real hard.
MatQuig
<cha...@comcast.net> writes:
#tched the parkerizing off in two places! To make a
## long story short, now my beautiful pistol has two glaring lines of
## bare metal showing and it's annoying the hell out of me, plus opening
## the metal up to rust. How can I fix this?
After 40 years of shooting, I have come to realize that 50% of firearms
"finish" problems is a mental thing. YOU must adjust your mind. A firearm is
a tool, and one that should get lots of use in order to be a really GOOD tool.
YOU must become part of the tool. Shoot it, practice with it. Strive to get
BETTER with it. Draw it, shoot it, draw it some more. WEAR that finish off of
it. SHOOT that finish off of it. And just like any REAL war veterans, you
and the gun will show some "wear and tear". I have come to appreciate a gun
that has had normal use, taken some normal dings and finish wear, but led an
honest life, and otherwise been well cared for. A .45 Government model, with a
few scratches, dings, and bluing-worn, but otherwise diligently protected from
rust and pitting by a caring owner, just kind of makes me feel warm and fuzzy
inside....but it wasn't always that way. I used to scoff at
less-than-perfectly finished guns, but that is like a city folk scoffing at a
dirty and dusty farmer. He just doesn't appreciate those who WORK for a
living. An honestly worn, but well cared for pistol has probably WORKED for
someone. Take; the 1913 Colt .32 I got for $225. Maybe only 50% of the bluing
remains, with most of the edges worn, but the bore is darn near perfect, and
mechanically it is 100%. A lot of holster and pocket use, and maybe shoved
under a bed and vehicle seat for many years, but not ever in the water or sweat
very long without being wiped down. And ready to serve another 90 years. Of
what use is a gun that you baby so much it NEVER gets any wear on it? I'm
PROUD to be shooting a gun that is a veteran of someone else's little tense
moments. There is no doubt that the gun would have, or DID, serve the previous
owner well, even if it is worn. An unworn gun is unlikely to have served at
all..............MatQuig
srstadler
Cliff Spence
As long as the "right tool for the job" rule isn't broken: I've seen
numerous revolvers that have been used as hammers. I just find it
impossible to imagine doing that.