I just got a new revolver yesterday and it has some fine scratches on it. I was wondering if there is anyway to safely take them out - polish/buff whatever. I think what happened was they put a strap on it so that people wouldn't play with it in the store but probably over time and during shipping one of the harder sections of the strap lightly scratched the surface of part of the gun. There is a small section that looks like it was just sanded down with fine scratches in a ball shape.
I have a bad habit at trying to fix things and normally making them worse. So I am curious if there is any safe way for me to buff out these scratches to make it shiny again in that area.
The gun that I got is the Last Cowboy version of this gun - http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/FAProdView?model=5119&return=Y They say it is stainless steel and has a gloss stainless finish.
Also, around the front sight there is something black that I can sort of rub off around the edges of the sight. Any idea what this might be? I can rub it with my nail and get some black off, but for the most part I can't seem to get it all off. I don't know if maybe it is something to due with them attaching the sight to the front of the gun...(some kind of glue or something that happens with welding?) Are there any chemicals I can safely use to help remove the black?
Thanks for any help.
I have a bad habit at trying to fix things and normally making them worse. So I am curious if there is any safe way for me to buff out these scratches to make it shiny again in that area.
The gun that I got is the Last Cowboy version of this gun - http://www.ruger.com/Firearms/FAProdView?model=5119&return=Y They say it is stainless steel and has a gloss stainless finish.
Also, around the front sight there is something black that I can sort of rub off around the edges of the sight. Any idea what this might be? I can rub it with my nail and get some black off, but for the most part I can't seem to get it all off. I don't know if maybe it is something to due with them attaching the sight to the front of the gun...(some kind of glue or something that happens with welding?) Are there any chemicals I can safely use to help remove the black?
Thanks for any help.