Opinions on finish

[wow6599]

I'm going to have my gunsmith blast my Redhawk to a matte grey finish, but I want the trigger and hammer to have a case hardened look.......and it's stainless.

Is there anyway to achieve a similar look with stainless steel? Or any ideas that might look good with a matte grey finish?

I don't really want to replace the trigger and hammer with carbon steel, but if I have to.......

 

[Barry the Bear]

Stainless generally can't be case hardened, I would look for parts to the blued red hawk but those might be a bit pricy since it's out of production.

 

[RealGun]

I suggest you go for polishing to contrast with the dull finish. Be sure to leave the bearing surfaces alone, especially the trigger internal area. I did this on my S&W 686-6 and am happy to get rid of the faux case-hardened look on trigger and hammer.



I have a 45 Colt Redhawk with a blast finish and ported, a pic of which will give you some idea of what to expect. Personally, I prefer the trigger and hammer to match.



Here is a S&W 625 PC with "blued" trigger, hammer, ejector rod, and cylinder release, the sum of which I don't particularly like. The whole gun is kind of goofy looking but serves its purpose.

 

[CraigC]

Stainless can't be case colored. I don't remember if the blued Redhawks had carbon steel hammer and trigger or if they were stainless. Might be tough parts to find.

What holster is this?

 

[wow6599]

Thanks all.

I don't remember what media my guy said he was going to blast it with, but he said it would come out very grey, which I would like.

If it's as grey as he described, I'm not sure a secondary "color" for the trigger and hammer wouldn't look pretty good?

 

[RealGun]

The Redhawk 45 Colt is pictured with the Galco DAO holster (Dual Action Outdoorsman). The cross draw cant is exceptional, but strong side is straight up.

 

[RealGun]

Thanks all.

I don't remember what media my guy said he was going to blast it with, but he said it would come out very grey, which I would like.

If it's as grey as he described, I'm not sure a secondary "color" for the trigger and hammer wouldn't look pretty good?

If you use the earlier picture of the S&W 625 PC as a guide, contrasting parts that are too dark can look like they belong to a different gun, a cheesy attempt at gun art.