skjos
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Thanks to BruceB I’ve had 645’s on the mind, apparently I missed one at the Feb 22 WAC show.
I was out-and-about getting the wife’s car reprogrammed so that it would recognize the new battery I installed and decided to hit a few gun shops. There sitting in the case at the second gun shop was a slightly abused 645 with one mag. After chatting with the owner awhile we decided on an OTD price of $450, which is about $411 pre-tax. Not too bad, but not near some of the deals I’ve heard forum members getting. The gun-shop owner said the pistol was a part of a police evidence lot. Anyhow here are the as-purchased before pics and the after pics...
The plan…
Blast the rounds with 120 or 220 aluminum oxide media to make them a little darker matte grey. Then sand the flats up to 600 grit to remove the light surface scratches, followed with polishing compound. It will look sort of like the 952-2 in the SWSC.
The 10-step process:
1. Completely strip (less sear spring)
2. Clean and degrease
The bummers so far, my sight pusher marked up the rear sight, the extractor has a small chip, and the ejector spring was a little tweaked. The sight and springs are no big deal if S&W wasn't so backed up. The extractor sucks because this part can only be replaced by S&W. I'll put the original back in and check for function, but if it doesn't work it will have to go back to S&W.
3. Mask off all flats and all internal surfaces
4. Determine white AO grit (120 or 220)
Note: I'm going for a gray color similar to the back-strap (French gray), thus white AO instead of glass beads. The knife was blasted with 120 WAO, and the saw was basted with 220 WAO.
5. Blast external surfaces with 220 AO (less flats)
6. De-mask and clean to remove all AO from parts
7. Wet sand flats on surface table to remove scratches
8. Mask all blasted surfaces
9. Polish flats with Mothers
10. Clean and reassemble.
11. Find jacket.
I was out-and-about getting the wife’s car reprogrammed so that it would recognize the new battery I installed and decided to hit a few gun shops. There sitting in the case at the second gun shop was a slightly abused 645 with one mag. After chatting with the owner awhile we decided on an OTD price of $450, which is about $411 pre-tax. Not too bad, but not near some of the deals I’ve heard forum members getting. The gun-shop owner said the pistol was a part of a police evidence lot. Anyhow here are the as-purchased before pics and the after pics...
The plan…
Blast the rounds with 120 or 220 aluminum oxide media to make them a little darker matte grey. Then sand the flats up to 600 grit to remove the light surface scratches, followed with polishing compound. It will look sort of like the 952-2 in the SWSC.
The 10-step process:
1. Completely strip (less sear spring)
2. Clean and degrease
The bummers so far, my sight pusher marked up the rear sight, the extractor has a small chip, and the ejector spring was a little tweaked. The sight and springs are no big deal if S&W wasn't so backed up. The extractor sucks because this part can only be replaced by S&W. I'll put the original back in and check for function, but if it doesn't work it will have to go back to S&W.
3. Mask off all flats and all internal surfaces
4. Determine white AO grit (120 or 220)
Note: I'm going for a gray color similar to the back-strap (French gray), thus white AO instead of glass beads. The knife was blasted with 120 WAO, and the saw was basted with 220 WAO.
5. Blast external surfaces with 220 AO (less flats)
6. De-mask and clean to remove all AO from parts
7. Wet sand flats on surface table to remove scratches
8. Mask all blasted surfaces
9. Polish flats with Mothers
10. Clean and reassemble.
11. Find jacket.
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