Anyone Polished their Stainless Revolver?

[Nalapombu]

Hey all.

I’m curious whether anyone has polished or had it done to their stainless revolver.
I’d like to see what a polished up stainless revolver would look like. Not talking about a factory type model, but one that came as a standard stainless model that you had done to a nice high polish.

Anyone?
How about some pics?

Thanks all.
BD

 

[CaliTrav]

I did with this little J frame.

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[75Vette]

I polished my model 60 several years ago after I bought it as I did a few other SS guns I purchased when I was new into my collecting. Looking back I wish I'd left them in their original finish although I think the results were pretty good. I did them by hand using Mother's mag polish and an old sock so they didn't get over done.

 

[H Richard]

This Mod 60 wasn't intentionally shined up, but after many years of shooting and cleaning I noticed how shiny it was getting, so I got the Mothers Mag Polish out and evened it up as well as I could. It isn't mirror polished.

 

[Babysitr]

Mothers by hand on this 65-2...like the way it turned out

 

[Burb-29]

My 629-3, not really a polish job I just use flitz to clean with. I have been using it for years on all my guns, does a good job cleaning residue and light rust and leaves a good shine.

 

[ZGrand]

Here's a 686-6 Plus I hand polished with Purple brand metal polish and a rag for a couple of hours while watching TV. I wasn't going for a mirror finish, just more shiny than stock. I keep a good coat of Renwax on it which makes for easier cleaning.

 

[rockquarry]

Why would you polish one?

 

[smoothshooter]

No. Don’t like shiny guns.
They reflect to much glare from sunlight. Hard to see the sights.

 

[Sixgun100]

People either like shiny guns or don’t. I like them. Check out the Patriot Polishing website out of Florida. Have not used him, but you’ll see some fine examples of polished guns on his site.

 

[wproct]

I prefer the stock finish. The only time I would ever consider polishing one is if the finish was really bad to start with. However, opinions vary on this subject.

 

[oink]

I was always too lazy to polish my duty gun but a fair number of other LEOs I knew over the years polished theirs (66/686) and I thought they looked nice. Don't let the collectors talk you out of it if that's what you like, unless it's a collector piece to you.

 

[kraynky]

To each his own I say. I polished up a model 66-1 years ago (foolishly sold the darn thing when times got tough), and now have a 610 that's about 1/2 & 1/2 polished just from cleaning it so often. My 631 is not intentionally polished, but is showing some "shiny spots" from cleaning over the years.

Polished stainless is a matter of personal choice, but it does hurt the value with the crowd that prefers "originality " in their firearms.

I like some bling now and then, but a "collector" grade stainless should not be polished. If you shoot and clean one regularly, you'll get a bit of "polish" by default.

I won't kick a nice stainless wheel gun out of my safe over a little bit of sparkle................

 

[Peak53]

Here's an Oklahoma Highway Patrol issued M 65-3 that came to me in heavily carried condition. The scratches bothered me, so I spent a lot of time polishing them out with Mother's Mag. Then the high shine got to bothering me, so I roughed it up a bit with the green pads and am highly satisfied with the results. It's both a looker and possesses a very fine trigger in SA & DA. Outstanding accuracy. Not sure about the origin of the combat grips acquired otherwise, but they are effective in all ways.

 

[pasound]

All of my Smiths get a regular round of RenWax. Never polished my stainless j's, my 60 and my partial stainless 637, nor my three nickled ones, a 1913 38 Hand Ejector, a 1923 44 Hand Ejector, nor my 1983 mdl 38 j-frame. Wax and care and all are still shiny. No polishing of my stainless Rugers, either. Just RenWax.

 

[MetalMan]

This one was done by the original owner and I purchased it this way…

 

[Fishinfool]

I guess I am part raccoon - I like shiny stuff, guns included.

I have hand polished several SS revolvers using a soft cloth and a mild abrasive like Mothers or Simichrome polish. They come out nice, but not a factory mirror finish.

To get that mirror shine, you need more than a soft rag and some Mothers. And not doing it right will result on rounded, soft lines, and possibly a "wavy" finish.

Unless you are skilled in polishing, and have the right equipment, best stick to the soft rag / Mothers method.

Pictured is a Ruger SB that had a particularly dull finish new. A couple hours in front of the boob tube with a can of Simichrome and a cotton rag resulted in a noticeable improvement, but short of a real, say Colt Ultimate SS polish.

Larry

 

[moonsterman]

Richard H , that watch by chance is that not a Casio G shock?

 

[RalphMP9FS]

My hand polished 9mm Ruger and CZ75:

 

[arjay]