Couple of Pictures of Black Nitride S&W1911E

As I posted in a previous thread, I decided to get away from the multi colored blue & stainless motif. I chose to go "Black Nitride" by H&M Metal Processing of Akron. The gun is one even shade of black. No blotches or scratches. If you see any marks on the gun, it's oil. It's also hard as can be. I accidently tried to scratch it with a drift punch and failed...If it was blued or still stainless I'd be screwed on the blue and polishing my fingers to the bone on the stainless.

I couldn't be happier. I had to disassemble every pin and screw but the total cost for one lot that included many, many parts...including two barrels was the standard $200.00 single gun price. They didn't loose anything. Even the microscopic ejector and extractor pins or the even smaller set screws for the sights. All were "Black Nitrided" and returned in an oiled plastic container.

It has a Clark 460 Rowland kit, Briley spherical bushing, Wilson barrel link kit, Ed Brown hammer, sear, magwell-mainspring housing, mag release, slide stop, two piece guide rod and Novak Adjustable sights.

I like hard chrome as well....a lot. Bob Cogan of Accurate Weapons and plating has had my business for many years.

The reason I didn't go with Hard Chrome was that I wanted a black finish for this gun. Price, hard chrome was twice as much. H&M was pretty much local. I could drive it there.

Cogan has the advantage that you do not have to disassemble the gun yourself. Just mail it and forget it. H&M deals only with guns ready to process. That means OEM's or guns that are completely disassembled. Since this is a metal processing treatment and not a coating...there is no buildup so dimensions don't change.

Contrary to popular belief, you can hard chrome stainless so it is a choice for folks like me that wanted to go with one color on a mixed stainless/blue guns.

You'll never read me knocking hard chrome. I have several and it is a great finish. This time I decided to go with a black finish.

Agreed...like I say, I dragged a drift punch across the slide while re-installing the front sight. It left a nice scar line that rubbed off with my finger. It's hard. We'll see what happens when the slide starts cycling.

Adam was the guy that took my "Box-O-Parts". I dropped it off on a Friday and it was ready to go Tuesday. I may have hit a scheduled run but I suspect that they have really quick service.