Ive have a 1976,Mod 66 with handling marks and slight holster wear on the barrel. I cant decide whether I should put the Mother Mag polish to it or leave as is. Im usually one to leave guns all original but for the life of me I know that it certainly would look a whole lot better. What would you do and does it depreciate its value by taking off the satin finish?

typically on my stainless guns i use the mothers...i will appy and hand buff about two coats depending on the level of shine you want...i just think they look a bit better rather then that almost grey look...

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My 1976 66 NDD was out of my possesion for 1 yr. and got beat up somewhat. I had to take the Mothers to it. It might look something like this if you do it to yours.
Steve

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I never did like satin finish on my guns. I bought a M625-8 and removed the dull finish before I even fired it. Different strokes for different folks I guess.

Go ahead and polish it up, you can always have it bead blasted later if you change your mind. Don

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I always liked the satin because it does not pick up fingerprints like nickel guns or polished stainless

Thanks for the input guys, Im going to do it to it. As far as fingerprints go I have some renaissance wax for that. Srsmyth thats one purdy 66 you have there!

I vote to leave it as is. Since it is not correct, these kind of home grown finishes just stand out as an amateurish job and no serious S&W collector will touch such a gun as it would have zero percent of its original finish left. If that does not bother you, and you want a revolver that is not as nice as nickel, and not original, then have at it.

If your gun were a NIB complete with all docs. and correct mint box I wouldn't remove the satin finish. As it is I'd do whatever I wanted. You only have to please yourself.