bannockburn
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Vodoun da Vinci
Eagerly awaiting "The Pics"!
Eagerly awaiting "The Pics"!
Why did you have to go through an FFL to ship it? Cogan's has an FFL, you should be able to ship direct to them and they can send it right back to you, no one else needs to be involved.It's killin' me....the gun is *BaCk!* and I got to visit her and fill out paperwork last night. Unfortunately there is a 3 day wait here in Illinois even if I already own the gun being shipped/transferred. So, I can't shoot any pix until *next* weekend and hopefully I'll have a range report as well.
But I was stunned to see the pistol. It's just fantastic. Unbelievable in fact. It's like a brand new 1903 Pocket Hammerless only better...they recut some of the engraving like the Colt Pony to keep it super crisp after the hard chrome plating and the "Street Tune" action job has the trigger and action absolutely crisp and professional.
I'll shoot a bunch of pix but I doubt I'm a good enough photographer to do it justice...it's the coolest pistol I own hand down now. Can't wait to shoot it. Sorry for the tease but I'm so excited I 'bout peed my pants.
Gotta share - pix to come I promise. I have another one of these that's gonna get a similar treatment soon as I get some $ saved up...hate to do the next one *just* like this but it came out so nice I'd love to have two of them as Mates. Did I mention it's fantastic? Super kudos to AP&W Cogan - highly recommended!
VooDoo
Ok, soon I'll be getting a DS, 2nd issue, tight but virtually all the finish gone. This snub will cost me $250!!!
Hard chrome will take on the appearance of the surface it's applied to - apply it over a bead blasted surface and it will have a matte finish like my revolver, apply to a well polished surface and it will be shiny. There are several brand names of industrial hard chrome, Mahovsky's calls theirs Metalife, Armoloy and Metaloy are two others and lots of other companies just call it hard chrome. All of them are basically the same with small variations in hardness. Like any other finish, the preparation is generally more critical than the finish or coating being applied, and sets one company apart from another.Wow. That is outstanding!
So bead blasting before chroming clearly has an effect. But can you share what type of chrome finish was applied? That is really cool.
B
Interesting. Makes sense. I always assumed that the texture difference was in something they did (perhaps added to) the chrome. Thanks.Hard chrome will take on the appearance of the surface it's applied to - apply it over a bead blasted surface and it will have a matte finish like my revolver, apply to a well polished surface and it will be shiny. There are several brand names of industrial hard chrome, Mahovsky's calls theirs Metalife, Armoloy and Metaloy are two others and lots of other companies just call it hard chrome. All of them are basically the same with small variations in hardness. Like any other finish, the preparation is generally more critical than the finish or coating being applied, and sets one company apart from another.
That is a thing of beauty. Would you mind saying more about the brushed versus matte sections. I can't really tell which part is which finish.Pix of my Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless just returned from Accurate Plating and Weaponry/Cogan Custom. This pistol was made about 1924 and came to me needing some minor gun smithing to fix a hacked safety lever. They ended up replacing it and filling the notch in the slide and recutting it before refinishing and industrial hard chrome plate.
All springs were replaced and the gun got a "legacy carry package" which includes a street tune for trigger and action. The rear sight is black and picks up really well against the matte finish...this gun was finished with matte rounds and brushed flats.
The action and trigger on this pistol is now absolutely the best of any gun in my small collection and the pictures do not really show how impressive this gun really is in the hand. We had originally wanted to replace the grips but Bob Cogan didn't get the fit he wanted from the replacements so he cleaned up the originals and reinstalled them. They are fantastic now as well and give the gun a lot of character and soul.
Delineation between the brushed flats and matte finish rounds is crisp and *really* attractive in a functional way. There is not one flaw and anything your eye might pick up is either a shadow or dust from my amateurish photography. For the price this gun is fantastic and runs like a competition custom tuned pistol and feels like a brand new Colt 1903 Pocket Hammerless. Everything is now top end with this gun and all the safeties and locks function like a new gun.
They must have recut the slide serrations because the originals had been beat over in some places originally and the corrosion, while slight, was bad enough over the pony that when enough metal was removed to get the proper geometry and finish the pony was washed out a little. So, it was recut. All the lettering and production marks are crisp and good looking. I have another gun made in 1919 that is gonna get a rebuild like this - haven't yet decided if I'll do it just like this one or maybe something different.
Anyway, thanks for checking out the pix and super *Thank You* to everyone who has contributed to this thread and helped me make decisions and gave recommendations and supplied pix and craftsmen references.
VooDoo