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Who else loves a hard chrome finish?

Am definitely a fan, my old STI Edge .40 never showed many battle scars, same with DVC-L. I was hoping to order a BUL Armory 2011 w/ it but it seems they discontinued it this year on certain models.
 
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I'll have to be the lone naysayer in the thread. Guess I'm just a simple guy; I favor my stainless S&W revolvers, love a couple in bright nickel, enjoy my stainless 1911s. I like matte stainless in certain applications, and there's a couple pistols (a Colt .38 Super and a CZ-75) I love in bright polished stainless. But otherwise, I like blued handguns. Hard chrome just does nothing for me (and I've always been a hard-use handgun kind of guy).
 
I'm not into flashy presentation ,so about the best I do is brushed SS . Two enemies of firearms Rust and the Gubbament of which NONE of mine ever see regardless of finish chosen . When I see those old colt auto's reminds Me of the old gangster and Thin Man series of movies .
Yeah I don't know boss he looks like a 2 bit parlor dude :D
 
Back when there were many more hard chrome options, I had several guns hard chromed. Even many slides on polymer guns. Now, there are many less hard chromers due to government rules.
 
Refer to the Army manual ; If the enemy is in range , so are YOU :) ,No sense letting someone pick you off from a reflective flash :eek:

Black Nitride ,NP3 , everything else is a coating Nitride is a treatment of the metal ,so goes beyond surface .
 
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BushMaster-15 said:
Refer to the Army manual ; If the enemy is in range , so are YOU :) ,No sense letting someone pick you off from a reflective flash :eek:

Black Nitride ,NP3 , everything else is a coating Nitride is a treatment of the metal ,so goes beyond surface .
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Uh ok

I carry black polymer pistols. I like the way hard chrome looks on the range and in my gun room.
 
BushMaster-15 said:
Refer to the Army manual ; If the enemy is in range , so are YOU :) ,No sense letting someone pick you off from a reflective flash :eek:

Black Nitride ,NP3 , everything else is a coating Nitride is a treatment of the metal ,so goes beyond surface .
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In my day to day life, I’m driving a bright blue car and walk upright amongst other people for work or recreation. A concealed silver colored gun isn’t a real problem for the way I carry.

In fact, if I do have to draw a gun in my civilian life, I expect any aggressor will then see my gun whether silver colored or not.
 
SwampWolf said:
Ergo the moniker "Stains-Less".
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Whatever you want to call it, its still inferior to hard chrome for rust and wear issues.

And I think SS is inferior to carbon steel.

To me, a hard chromed, carbon steel gun is the better choice, especially for a hard use gun.
 
I like hard chrome. It's a durable, hard, slick finish for sure. I've had some guns with hard chromed frames, and had a Gold Cup and Hi Power hard chromed back in the day. The Gold Cup is still owned by a family member, and the finish still looks about the same as it did 40+ years ago..
Older and newer Gold Cups.JPG
 
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