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lugerholsterrepair · 11-28-2010, 07:53 PM

Luis, I would bet a dollar to a donut it's not nickle on your pistol but hard 1960's bumper chrome. That was the popular method in the 50's & 60's to coat these pistols.

Art..I would think something like copper could not exist in steel..Steel is forged to such a high temperature that it would burn out copper? Heck if I know but it would be interesting to find out. You probly know much more about it than I do but it seems odd to me..copper being such a soft metal.

Jerry Burney

11-28-2010, 07:53 PM	#14
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,134 Times in 1,439 Posts	Luis, I would bet a dollar to a donut it's not nickle on your pistol but hard 1960's bumper chrome. That was the popular method in the 50's & 60's to coat these pistols. Art..I would think something like copper could not exist in steel..Steel is forged to such a high temperature that it would burn out copper? Heck if I know but it would be interesting to find out. You probly know much more about it than I do but it seems odd to me..copper being such a soft metal. Jerry Burney __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."