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March 1, 2015, 12:31 AM | #1 |
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Stainless Steel help - Ruger Security Six
I came across a Ruger Security Six in stainless steel. It's had many years of neglect. There are small spots of pitting on the frame. Is there any thing that I can do to smooth out the pitting marks? The gun does not have shiny chrome-like finish, it has the standard S.S. finish.
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March 1, 2015, 12:59 AM | #2 |
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It shouldn't have pitting from corrosion. It may be from the gun laying in a vehicle, etc., and on a hard surface, where the places were actually gouged into it, thus, dings. It would take some strong chemicals to corrode stainless.
Anyhow, the places can be polished out. A good polisher should be able to bring it back to as new condition. The whole gun needs to be repolished, to blend everything, and have it all match. |
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Typical gun stainless steels are actually very susceptible to pitting. Any damage to the passivation layer can later form pits. I find it very common to find pitting under the grips of stainless guns.
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Nothing you can do to smooth out the pitting unless you remove the surface to the depth of the pits. Grit blasting or bead blasting may possibly help hide them if they aren't too bad. Worst pitted stainless gun I ever saw was a Ruger Old Army fired with black powder. The owner didn't think it was necessary to thoroughly clean it right after shooting like his blued guns. After wiping it down and putting it in the safe for a week, it looked like it had come off the Titanic when he pulled it back out. Pitted Colt: Pitted S&W crane: Pitted Ruger: Old paper on basic stainless corrosion here: http://www.parrinst.com/wp-content/u...osion-Info.pdf Quote:
http://www.modernapplicationsnews.co...1stainless.htm One of the claims of the stronger alloys is that they are "almost" as corrosion resistance as 304. Quote:
Last edited by 45_auto; March 2, 2015 at 08:25 PM. |
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