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03-04-2009, 06:57 AM
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My new stainless SW9VE is coming in today. I've seen some photos on here of polished slides, and they're beautiful.
Is this something I can do at home by hand, or do I need to take it to a gunsmith? (I don't have an electric grinder)
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03-04-2009, 06:57 AM
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My new stainless SW9VE is coming in today. I've seen some photos on here of polished slides, and they're beautiful.
Is this something I can do at home by hand, or do I need to take it to a gunsmith? (I don't have an electric grinder)
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03-04-2009, 07:28 AM
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I believe the previous owner had Smith & Wesson polish the slide and reciever. The neat thing is that they were able to re laser etch the factory markings after polishing.
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03-04-2009, 08:45 AM
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You sure it didn't come that way from the factory?
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03-04-2009, 10:17 AM
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Originally posted by LuddhaBuddha:
You sure it didn't come that way from the factory?
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I just repeated the words of the previous owner. I really don't know, but this picture was in the group that he sent me. What to you think?
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03-04-2009, 02:32 PM
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Not sure, in the first pic the gun does look a bit more polished but could be lighting, the stock photo on the S&W website shows polished sides, so I don't know. Maybe it was already polished and the previous owner had it repolished because of handling marks or something.
Here is a link to the stock photo http://www.smith-wesson.com/we...angId=-1&isFirearm=Y
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03-04-2009, 02:46 PM
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03-04-2009, 04:02 PM
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Easily polished by hand with Mothers mag polish
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Very nice looking slide.
I have some Simichrome knife polish. I may try that. I wonder if Brasso would work?
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03-04-2009, 04:19 PM
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Not sure, in the first pic the gun does look a bit more polished but could be lighting, the stock photo on the S&W website shows polished sides, so I don't know. Maybe it was already polished and the previous owner had it repolished because of handling marks or something.
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The previous owner mention a factory coating on the sides,"like a powder coating". Perhaps this is what was buffed off. But I would have to agree with you that sides do look polished from the factory, perhaps then coated.
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03-04-2009, 04:24 PM
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Easily polished by hand with Mothers mag polish
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Looks good, and anything you can do yourself is better than sending it out. I have a rifle I sent out to get blued, and got a feeling its going to be summer before I get it back.
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03-05-2009, 09:06 AM
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Not a sigma but I like the two-tone look. My M&P9c that I polished with Mother's mag polish while I watch T V.
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03-05-2009, 10:27 AM
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I am going to high polish the barrel and leave it at that.
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03-06-2009, 07:02 AM
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If you want a professional mirror polished slide (plus other work) see Todd's site. Here's some of his S&W work: http://customizedcreationz.com...dwessonservices.html.
I'm a satisfied customer, that's my 3913.
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