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Offline gunsup0331

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Re: A quick word on POLISHING
« Reply #15 on: October 01, 2008, 02:42:21 PM »
The Dan Wesson .357 is a nice weapon, the DA trigger out of the box is HEAVY though.

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Re: A quick word on POLISHING
« Reply #16 on: October 02, 2008, 02:39:36 PM »
But it smooths up so nicely. Wolff makes springs for it, too. Mine is the original design. Actually a High Standard Sentinel Mk 3. Either made by Dan Wesson for High Standard, or made by High Standard to the original Dan Wesson design. IIRC it's the former. It has the bag handle grips. I got it for $75.00 because it had some surface rust and some mild pitting on the outside.
I'm going to either sandblast it and Duracote it, sandblast it and hot blue it, or parkerize it. Maybe parkerize it and then Duracote it. It has a fantastic trigger now. I want to make a carry pistol out of it. I may clean and scuff up the original grip and give it 3-5 coats of bed liner spray. Tough, grippy, and not bulky like the rubber grips, therefore, better suited for concealed carry.
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Re: A quick word on POLISHING
« Reply #17 on: October 02, 2008, 02:43:55 PM »
If you keep it dry, then you definitely need to give it a mirror polish. No matter how much you polish it, there will always be surface imperfections that will hold lube.
I just follow the simple steps of stone it carefully until it feels good enough, without altering the geometry of the bearing surfaces. If that doesn't get it smooth enough, I may polish it. Here lately I don't even go to the trouble of polishing.
15th Battalion, Mississippi Sharpshooters, CSA.

Il buono, il cattivo, ed il brutto.

\"Mmm, bacon.\"
\"Squirrel.\"
\"Mmm, squirrel.\"