bodger,

Just a comment about Dremel tools and guns. A Dremel should never be used in the lockwork of a revolver, there is no place for this and a lot of damage can be done.

Shininess is not the goal when polishing lock parts, smoothness is. This is not achieved by use of either a polishing bob and compound or Cratex wheels.

What is desired is smoothness and evenness. The proper way to achieve this is with a Hard Arkansas stone. The stone is oiled and the part to be polished laid on the stone and rubbed lightly, lenghtwise of part travel, on the stone until any rough areas/burrs are removed and then stop. At first you will feel dragging, when this goes away and it feels like the part is floating on the oil film, stop, you are done. Please note that you will not see any difference in the appearance of the part, just feel on the stone. On the rebound slide do this to both sides and the bottom. The rear (toward frame) bottom corner of the rebound slide can be slightly beveled to good effect also. The bevel needs only to be large enough to see and can be done with a fine single-cut file and should be done before the stoning. This will give better results than the Dremel tool ever could.