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WeaponX · January 11, 2010, 11:07 PM

A friend of mine works with a company that does nickle plating and machining. He nickle plated his Mossberg 500 in his spare time and it turned out amazing. I have a Ruger Blackhawk that is missing a decent amount of the original blued finish and am tossing around the idea of having him nickle plate it for me.

My question to anyone is will the .0004in increase in thickness on the metal have a negative impact on the function of the gun? Will the coating along the grooves of the rifling caused paroblems with function? Accuracy? Something I'm not thinking of? I know it's possible to send the gun away to a professional for a nickle finish, but would they coat the rifling too? And I don't have much money invested in the pistol and don't want to spend more to refinish it than I paid for it. Any and all help and advise is appreciated.

January 11, 2010, 11:07 PM	#1
WeaponX Member Join Date: April 15, 2005 Posts: 31	Need Custom Nickle Plating Help A friend of mine works with a company that does nickle plating and machining. He nickle plated his Mossberg 500 in his spare time and it turned out amazing. I have a Ruger Blackhawk that is missing a decent amount of the original blued finish and am tossing around the idea of having him nickle plate it for me. My question to anyone is will the .0004in increase in thickness on the metal have a negative impact on the function of the gun? Will the coating along the grooves of the rifling caused paroblems with function? Accuracy? Something I'm not thinking of? I know it's possible to send the gun away to a professional for a nickle finish, but would they coat the rifling too? And I don't have much money invested in the pistol and don't want to spend more to refinish it than I paid for it. Any and all help and advise is appreciated.