[ether]

I have a Colt 1991A1 that I've been working on for over 8 years....off and on. I finally have it about like I want it....I painstakingly fitted the Ed Brown beavertail grip safety, fit a Videki match trigger, FINALLY found a hammer (King's Commander) and sear that I liked, re-fitted the stock thumb safety to new sear, and on and on.

After all the frame work I had to do to fit the beavertail, my pistol needs a refinish. I've entertained the idea of having it hardchromed at Tripp's, but I would kinda like to keep the black look since it's my own version of a MEU/SOC 1911 copy.

So who can give it a good bead-blasting and "mil-spec" park job??

[Glockster35]

Just about any gunsmith can send it out to be re-parked.

I don't know of any specialty places for parkerizing, as I haven't sent any guns out to have it done.

I wonder though if you have looked around at better coatings that offer better protection of the elements.

I don't want a hard chrome, or silver finish on my pistols. I prefer a black or dark grey coating over anything else. Tripps offers something along these lines, and I don't think you will find any bad words about Virgil's work.

[riverdog]

http://www.dgrguns.com/ Dean specializes in restoring military firearms and parkerizing is usually his finish of choice. Parkerizing for pistols or revolvers is an average of $90.

[Sean Smith]

Parkerizing probably won't look that black, depending on the process of course. A matte blue job will actually look flat black. Or, you could go with Black-T, or Gunkote on top of parkerizing, to get really good black finishes.

If I was you, I'd grind the "1991A1" and "-Series 80-" rollmarks off the slide. :cool:

[Handy]

You can make parkerizing as black as you want. Use black artist oil paint. Green is what the reproduction people use on Garands.

[ajacobs]

I recomend our own george stringer, moderator of the gunsmithing section.

[10-Ring]

When I was working on my project 1911, my smith told me, "Hey, your money, your gun, you can have done anything you want!" ;)

There are alot of dark finishes available, but if you like the parkerizing, go for it!