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Is it possible to remove chrome plating from a pistol? (could be nickel)
I've always been a curmudgeon - now I'm an old curmudgeon.
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Yes. Send it to APW, they are a plating shop specializing in firearms, they'll electrically strip it for not too much money. My 257 WBY was a hard chrome 338 winmag when I got it, barrel was toast so I sent them the action because the bead blast cabinet wouldn't touch the stuff. They had it back to me in the white in about 10 days for around $50.
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Just remember that you're removing metal which could result in excessive tolerance - depending. A popular way to tighten up loose inexpensive semi-autos was to chrome plate.
The key elements in human thinking are not numbers but labels of fuzzy sets. -- L. Zadeh
Which explains a lot.
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Mark, The kid is right. A plating shop can eliminate the chrome build up. I don't think you will have excessive clearance afterwards unless it was worn before plating. It is a simple process and I have had it done in the past.
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