1921 DWM Police Luger

Thor · 07-11-2019, 02:09 PM

Thanks! I think the plating probably hides some but I dont really remember closely looking for it before. I will more closely inspect the nickeled P.38 before I start on it for this potential masking.

Olle · 07-12-2019, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by Thor

Thanks! I think the plating probably hides some but I dont really remember closely looking for it before. I will more closely inspect the nickeled P.38 before I start on it for this potential masking.

Nickel plating is very thin, so it doesn't fill any imperfections. Some plating outfits apply a heavy coat of copper to rough parts (like pitted car bumpers and such) and use it as a "sanding primer" for the final polish, but that much copper on a gun would screw up the tolerances totally so if there's copper underneath it's very thin. In other words, what you see is usually what you get after stripping the nickel.

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