1900 AE - Opinions/Help...

John Sabato · 12-19-2003, 09:50 AM

Yes and No... it depends on the chemicals in the ink and how they react to steel and the blue surface. Personally I wouldn't write anything on the surface of a gun... You never know what will affect the finish.

Most folks don't realize that a nickled gun exposed to Hoppes #9 for an extended time will cause the nickle to dissolve! I know a friend that had a S&W Nickle Model 29 that once wiped his gun down heavily with Hoppes before he put it away for longer than a year. When it came out of the wool-lined pistol case a year later, it had to be returned to Smith&Wesson to be restored...

12-19-2003, 09:50 AM	#23
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,157 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,309 Times in 1,098 Posts	Yes and No... it depends on the chemicals in the ink and how they react to steel and the blue surface. Personally I wouldn't write anything on the surface of a gun... You never know what will affect the finish. Most folks don't realize that a nickled gun exposed to Hoppes #9 for an extended time will cause the nickle to dissolve! I know a friend that had a S&W Nickle Model 29 that once wiped his gun down heavily with Hoppes before he put it away for longer than a year. When it came out of the wool-lined pistol case a year later, it had to be returned to Smith&Wesson to be restored... __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*

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