M29-2 question for the pros

[Laketime]

6string seems to have an axe to grind with Ford's. He bashes them every time their name comes up.

I have not worked with them, so I cannot speak to their quality of work directly, but the photos I've seen of guns refinished by them look very good.

The only experience I have is with their nickel finish.They use to plate all the Desert Eagles, and I wish my nickel 57 had a finish that good.Several yrs back a new refinisher was hired at Ford's and quickly terminated for issues.A couple of highly rusted guns were done knowing that some metal edges would have to be rounded to remove the rust is the only other non perfect jobs I know about.Im not trying to be a Ford's fan boy but some newbie might take 6strings comments as fact and not get a gun refinished.

 

[stansdds]

If you do decide on a professional refinishing, consider having it hard chromed. Hard chrome is the most durable finish you can put on a firearm.

 

[dogdoc]

Looks like that gun has a lot of yoke endshake . Better check that out.

 

[jack the toad]

I've got a nickel 6.5 bbl Model 29-2 made somewhere between 1978 & 1979. Internals are just about perfect. Drag line is very faint. Kicker is that it was stored poorly and the nickel finish is peppered. Metal is fine just the finish is bad. What would you do with it?

No help and not trying to be a smartazz but better question is what do you wanna do with it?
To me, I wouldnt renickel. I'd clean, polish and shoot it or sell/trade toward something that I do want. Anything, gun, car, bike, 3-legged mule, etc, etc.
Good luck and keep us posted.

 

[Benchrest1]

Before you send it off to get refinished (which I wouldn't do) at least give it a good polish. I think it will clean up better than you might think. I would also get a correct set of target grips and be done with it.

 

[marlin58]

steel wool/wd-40

believe it or not 0000 steel wool and good old wd-40 might pretty much clean it all off then keep clean and silicone wipes after to keep it from coming back. I have done any old blued rifles or hand-guns that had some rut starting and it worked fine without damaging the finish, just rub light to start and test in a few areas harder to see results

 

[Max-BB]

Another vote to clean it up and shoot it!!
If thats not your thing then sell it and move on..
Best,

 

[jglsprings]

So to all recommendations to Flitz the nickel finish. Does that polish or just dull the bright nickel shine?

 

[stansdds]

So to all recommendations to Flitz the nickel finish. Does that polish or just dull the bright nickel shine?

Flitz is a fairly mild abrasive, mild enough to be classified as a polishing compound. It can remove the surface haze from a nickel finish, but it will not dull the nickel finish.