Jun 30, 2020 · The reason you see older guns with the nickel flaking off is because of bad "bumper chrome" plating jobs that were popular. You would have to literally soak a gun in …

Nov 1, 2016 · Most factory nickel plated guns do not have a copper undercoat. Regardless, proper gun cleaning with Hoppe's #9 (that IS what you're talking about, isn't it?) will not harm …

Apr 10, 2021 · Nickel plated was the most popular way to go at the turn of the century with firearms, (1900) and lasted until stainless steel hit the market. WD40 is not a rust preventative, …

Mar 28, 2017 · Many of the topics explained that nickel plated items must be first plated with copper first, prior to the nickel being electro-plated over the copper. That translates to how …

Jan 16, 2010 · I use the nickel plated shot from Ballistic Products. I believe it is imported from Italy. I use it in most of my upland hunting loads. It has a heavy plating, not the thin "wash" that …

Mar 20, 2012 · Well nickel is nickel. 75% nickel may mean 75% of the gun is nickel plated but nickel does not base its weight like precious metals do. So what is the current state of the …

Oct 1, 2013 · Does any body know if they made a Nickel plated 1911A1 in 48. I went by a gun shop today to get a value and they said that it had been refinished because they didn't nickel …

Aug 16, 2014 · I shoot a nickel finish Stoeger double (12 ga) and have used this same shotgun for years. I have never had any kind of problem with the finish or the shotgun. The nickel finish is …

Oct 24, 2012 · A quick glance at the Blue Book of Gun Values on the Remington Model 870 (and there must be ten pages of the references) discloses only one Model 870 finished in nickel and …

Jun 19, 2013 · 3. Nickel plated brass will not hold up to a lot of resizing. It cracks and splits after just a few reloads. As commercial reloader, I expect a loss of about 10 cases per 500 when …