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Old 12-14-2008, 11:18 AM
GatorFarmer GatorFarmer is offline
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Originally posted by elcruisr:
Oh, GatorFarmer, the 638 is not nickel plated. It's a silver anodizing with a clear coat. They don't wear particularly well but that doesn't prevent the gun from going bang! Mine looks like hell from years of carry but I might just have it refinished one of these days...
Thanks for the correction. I remembered that it was some kind of coating that flaked and wrongly thought it was nickel. The exposed backstrap on my old 337 was worn just about bare after two years of pocket carry. Since it predated the IL, I only lost 25 dollars depreciation when I traded it in though.
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