rogdigity
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i have a pistol i plan on giving to someone. i want it to be nice and flashy and decided to get some good grips for it. the pistol is blue/parkerized (cz-52) and i have two choises for grips;
WOOD, will look nice but if its a light color wood it may look like crap on such a dark pistol
PLASTIC, no matter if its called plastic, polymer, or synthetic, its still plastic to me
i was thinking, wouldnt it be cool to get the pistol chrome plated for him and add some bitchin wood grips? if i chrome it i imagine they will have to plate the entire slide (including the underside, firing pin hole, and the grooves which hold it to the frame).
my question is: will chroming the slide and the frame cause the action to stiffin up? i dont know how much material will actually build up in the grooves and inside the firing pin hole. will it reduce the diameter of the hole enough that the firing pin wont slide freely anymore? same with the grooves and the hole the barrel slides through in the front. will it cause those to change anouge that it will cause the action to be terrible? or even worse, ruin the slide?
i had my wifes PA-63 anodized purple and i notice that where the slide meets the frame it is starting to wear through. the anodizing didnt actually harm the pistol at all, and infact probably helped the pistol since it had to be buffed and polished twice before they could anodize it. that got of the decades of crap on the frame that my rags wouldnt get off.
WOOD, will look nice but if its a light color wood it may look like crap on such a dark pistol
PLASTIC, no matter if its called plastic, polymer, or synthetic, its still plastic to me
i was thinking, wouldnt it be cool to get the pistol chrome plated for him and add some bitchin wood grips? if i chrome it i imagine they will have to plate the entire slide (including the underside, firing pin hole, and the grooves which hold it to the frame).
my question is: will chroming the slide and the frame cause the action to stiffin up? i dont know how much material will actually build up in the grooves and inside the firing pin hole. will it reduce the diameter of the hole enough that the firing pin wont slide freely anymore? same with the grooves and the hole the barrel slides through in the front. will it cause those to change anouge that it will cause the action to be terrible? or even worse, ruin the slide?
i had my wifes PA-63 anodized purple and i notice that where the slide meets the frame it is starting to wear through. the anodizing didnt actually harm the pistol at all, and infact probably helped the pistol since it had to be buffed and polished twice before they could anodize it. that got of the decades of crap on the frame that my rags wouldnt get off.