[Kahr carrier]

Have any of you had this done to your gun or have done it to your gun yourself?? If you did it yourself was it fairly easy or complicated???

[Marko Kloos]

I had my gunsmith do the bead blasting on my Springfield SS Loaded. I don't like shiny stainless, and the Springfield had shiny slide flats. Refinishing cost me around $70, I believe. The whole gun now has that frosted finish I prefer.

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[Sisco]

I did this SP myself. Cost me a sixpack for the use of the cabinet.
Not difficult to do at all, used masking tape and Silly Putty to keep the beads off of anything I didn't want them on or in.
Sprayed the whole thing down with brake cleaner before reassembly. I went back after blasting it and polished the cylinder flutes hammer & trigger.
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[10-Ring]

A buddy of mine had his stainless USP 45 bead blasted. Now, it has a more subdued coolness to it.

[AK103K]

I did a stainless Combat Commander. I like the whole gun matte rather than the mirrored flats on the slide. The polished flats seemed to show scratches more. My buddy has a cabinet. I just stripped it and blasted it using real fine beads. Came out less coarse than most matte SS.

[Standing Wolf]

I like Magnaport's bead blasting, porting, muzzle crowning, and hammer and trigger jewelling.

[Kahr carrier]

Hey Sisco did you completely Disassembled your Sp101 when you beadblasted it or did you field strip it like the trigger group,cylinder and yoke and the main frame assembly?? Im curious because I am thinking about a do it yourself project on a Redhawk.:)

[Sisco]

The way I did it may not be the “proper” method but it worked.
I removed the hammer, cylinder, front sight and the transfer bar from the trigger assembly. Covered the front & rear of the cylinder with silly putty, covered the ejector rod with masking tape, did not replace the cylinder in the frame but blasted it separately from the rest of the gun. I plugged any gaps or holes that I didn’t want the beads to get into with either masking tape or silly putty (hammer slot, top of the trigger etc.) I also taped off the trigger.
I put a lead bullet in the muzzle and covered the forcing cone with silly putty. I used silly putty after having a bad experience with modeling clay while glass bedding a rifle action - the stuff was a bear to remove. Silly Putty comes out more or less in one piece.
When I was done blasting it I sprayed everything down liberally with brake cleaner and blew it dry with compressed air then reassembled.
Hope this helps!

[Kahr carrier]

Sure does Thx Sisco.:)