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What's the finish on this Python?

p0838p0838 Member Posts: 248 ✭✭✭
edited May 2007 in Ask the Experts
1980 Python
I do know that Electroless Nickel was being done about 1978
The sight plan and the underside of the trigger guard to the forward part of the crane
appear to be a matt finish as compared to the rest of the gun which is somewhat more shiny. However , not as shiny as Factory nickel.

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    nards444nards444 Member Posts: 3,994 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    It might be nickel. To me it looks lie SS. Maybe thats just how that year was made to look. Or maybe somebody re- did it somehow with something. It just looks buffed
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    Laredo LeftyLaredo Lefty Member Posts: 13,451 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It looks to me like a hard-chrome finish. The color of nickel, but dull.
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    big mangobig mango Member Posts: 1,905 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    PROBABLY A SATIN NICKLE FINISH OR THE METAL HAD AN ADDITIONAL BUFF JOB BEFORE THE FINISH WAS APPLIED ,SO IT LOOKS DIFFERENT.
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    Marc1301Marc1301 Member Posts: 31,897 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    They were made with both a "satin nickel", and a "matte stainless" finish.
    If the burn rings on the cylinder face won't come off with a lead cloth, or SS polish,.........it is nickel most likely, as erosion of the finish takes place in that area.
    "Beam me up Scotty, there's no intelligent life down here." - William Shatner
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    GrasshopperGrasshopper Member Posts: 16,750 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I would have to say the "satin nickle" finish,,,imo,,nambu
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    babybouncebabybounce Member Posts: 113 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Colt used a finish that they called Coltguard. This was a satin nickel finish and was applied over a copper plating. Your Python looks like someone has tried to polish this finish and have polished through the satin nickel and have gone into the copper underplating. It is hard to tell without actually seeing the gun. I hope this helps. Vic
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