Fix chrome plated ejector?

Revolvr · 03-03-2006, 10:49 PM

Is it possible to DIY remove chrome plating on an ejector so I can straw it?

As some of you have gathered from previous posts, I have a re-blued 1923 Commercial and I am slowly correcting what the last refinisher did wrong. It appears the Ejector was chromed.

Also the Ejector is one of the few parts I haven't removed yet. Any gotchas?

Thanks much

-- Dan

Lugerdoc · 03-04-2006, 08:51 AM

Dan, I'd be surprised if it's plated. Probably just polished "in the white". If it is plated, just bead blast and repolish before strawing. TH

Revolvr · 03-04-2006, 02:51 PM

Doh! Occam's Razor. Why would the previous gunsmith go to all the effort to chrome just that one part when polishing will do?

You are quite right. I removed it, and the back side appeared to have been blued. Looks like the blue on the visible side was just polished off - a very high polish.

So it is now strawed - an abomination removed. Amazing how fixing that one part makes a huge difference in the overall look of this Luger.

Thx

-- Dan

Ponyman · 03-07-2006, 12:44 AM

Nice job, Dan! I'm hoping to do that with my '20 Commercial.

A small detail that got left out - how DO you remove the ejector?
And if you could shed some light on removing the safety lever, that would help, too...

03-03-2006, 10:49 PM	#1
Revolvr User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 86 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Fix chrome plated ejector? Is it possible to DIY remove chrome plating on an ejector so I can straw it? As some of you have gathered from previous posts, I have a re-blued 1923 Commercial and I am slowly correcting what the last refinisher did wrong. It appears the Ejector was chromed. Also the Ejector is one of the few parts I haven't removed yet. Any gotchas? Thanks much -- Dan Attached Thumbnails

03-04-2006, 08:51 AM	#2
Lugerdoc Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: POB 398 St.Charles,MO. 63302 Posts: 5,089 Thanks: 6 Thanked 736 Times in 483 Posts	Dan, I'd be surprised if it's plated. Probably just polished "in the white". If it is plated, just bead blast and repolish before strawing. TH __________________ Tom Heller POB 398 ST.Charles, MO. 63302 Tel 636-447-3006 lugerdoc@charter.net

03-04-2006, 02:51 PM	#3
Revolvr User Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: Phoenix AZ Posts: 86 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Doh! Occam's Razor. Why would the previous gunsmith go to all the effort to chrome just that one part when polishing will do? You are quite right. I removed it, and the back side appeared to have been blued. Looks like the blue on the visible side was just polished off - a very high polish. So it is now strawed - an abomination removed. Amazing how fixing that one part makes a huge difference in the overall look of this Luger. Thx -- Dan Attached Thumbnails

03-07-2006, 12:44 AM	#4
Ponyman User Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Atlantic County, NJ, USA Posts: 138 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post	Nice job, Dan! I'm hoping to do that with my '20 Commercial. A small detail that got left out - how DO you remove the ejector? And if you could shed some light on removing the safety lever, that would help, too... __________________ "The Constitution is intended for use by a moral and religious people. It is wholly inadequate for the governance of any other." ~ John Quincy Adams