Update:
Based on a trial run with the dechrome process (using an old car part I had lying around) I have decided to take all parts to the chrome platers and have them strip the parts to bare metal. My results were less than satisfactory, and created a significant mess to clean up on the part. The car part still retained chrome and I had too much difficulty with the electricity-too much current, hard to control correctly, etc. It also took way to long to get the poor results that it yielded. I tried it, didn't care for it, but am willing to try it again if another opportunity presents itself.
So, I am going to take a little time to get the replacement springs on order and pick out which bluing I want to use-I am just about convinced that bluing is the way to go on this gun, but am still worried about corrosion under the chrome. Perhaps I can live with it if it's not too deep by putting an emery cloth or emery paper on it to smooth it out if needed.
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