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drail · May 14, 2009, 03:57 PM

Black chrome is a beautiful finish but is not as hard as hard chrome. Almost every plater that has offered it has dropped it because of complaints of wear on customer's guns. I almost had a 1911 finished in black chrome but the plater talked me out of it.

May 14, 2009, 03:57 PM	#5
drail Junior member Join Date: February 2, 2008 Posts: 3,150	Black chrome is a beautiful finish but is not as hard as hard chrome. Almost every plater that has offered it has dropped it because of complaints of wear on customer's guns. I almost had a 1911 finished in black chrome but the plater talked me out of it.