I had Virgin hard chrome a Dan Wesson PTE-S 1911 for me 3 years ago. Perfect job; uniform, strong, impervious.
This Christmas, I bought a new Les Baer SRP. I sent it back to LB for their "T-Chrome" finish, since I wanted the SRP to be chromed, but was scared of sending the gun to Tripp due to LB's draconian warranty policy.
I received the gun back from LB in early March after a 2-month wait. The finish job was nowhere as nice as Tripp's.
The SRP is currently en route to Tripp for a rather expensive correction. I will never make the mistake of going anywhere else -- even those purported to be "high end" -- than Virgil Tripp at Tripp Research.
His comparatively superior finish will take 2 weeks, not 2 months.
Tripp also does very nice smithing on 1911s.
I guess I'm a fan...