Polishing Glock (and other) barrels

[tercel89]

I have seen people that have polished their barrels with polish and a dremel and it comes out nice and shiny , looks cool , yeah , I know , I usually like Function over Fashion . But hey , its cool.
my questions are these :
1. Will this take away from the Tenifer treatemnts ability to fight rust
2. When polishing it , will polishing it near the barrel's crown affect the accuracy ?
3. What dremel head or attachemnt do you use ?

 

[tercel89]

anyone did it at all ?

 

[rcmodel]

The Tenefer (Google ferritic nitrocarburizing for complete info) is not on the metal, it is in it.
The black finish is a sort of parkerizing applied on top of the Tenefer to color it with a non-reflective finish, and retain oil.

Yes, you could damage the crown and cause loss of accuracy if you allowed the polishing to get inside the muzzle edge even a slight amount.

A felt-tip cylinder shaped bob and red rouge polish compound stick will do the deed.

IMO: It does make a Glock look a little bit too "Pimped Out" for my tastes.

rc

 

[tercel89]

Felt is what I was gonna use .

 

[W.E.G.]

"Polish" a Glock barrel???

Looks "cool?"

NO.

Use whatever you want I guess.
99% of Glock owners will think you to be equally stupid, irrespective of your choice of buffing compound.

 

[Joe Demko]

Practice on something you don't value a little first. Uneven polishing looks awful. One of the reasons the old-timey guns looked so nice is that they were skillfully polished before they were blued.

 

[roo_ster]

I polished the bbl of my AMT .45ACP DAO Backup. If I horked it up, no great loss.

It came out looking fine, but I found it operated more smoothly after the bbl polish. I had laready polished the feed ramp (lightly), so I likely have the slickest AMT .45ACP DAO Backup in existence.

I used Mother's Mag Polish, a 100% cotton rag, and my hands.

 

[Nick5182]

I didn't polish my Glock barrel, however, I did buy a Storm Lake Barrel for it, and I do think the stainless contrasts well with the black. I also noticed the frame to slide fit was better after installing the barrel. I'm thinking of getting another one in .357 SIG so I can interchange calibers.