Anyone hard chrome their 1911?

glockin-45 · 02-09-2013, 15:16

I like black guns. But i wish i would have gotten my TRP in stainless. Anyone have pis of their 1911, that they had hard chromed, and how it lasted. TKS!

glock2740 · 02-09-2013, 15:30

I've got a few.

It holds up VERY well.

glock2740 · 02-09-2013, 15:33

Here's a few of them.

NH Predator II w/bobtail

Guncrafter Model 1 in .50GI

STI Legacy

glock2740 · 02-09-2013, 15:42

RRA

Guncrafter No Name CCO

Total custom Kimber

Guncrafter No Name Commander and total custom Colt Commander

Well, there's a few of them. I have 4 more out being hardchromed as I type.

Hardchrome is great stuff. And Chris at Metaloy is the best at it. Give him a call and he can hook you up.

glock2740 · 02-09-2013, 15:45

On a side note, hardchrome is extremely hard to photograph. All of those guns have the exact same finish and look identical in person next to each other.

glockin-45 · 02-09-2013, 16:01

Thanks, glock2740. Cool pics, nice guns!

mleroux21 · 02-09-2013, 17:19

Joe is definitly the guy to talk to about Hardchrome!

Marc

rebby · 02-09-2013, 17:28

APW Cogan did a matte hard chrome on one of mine. Fantastic finish. Only downside of the matte is that it will polish itself with use so places of friction (under the safety, slide lock) will get that mirror finish eventually. It took probably 5000 rounds for mine to polish itself though.

T-Rod45 · 02-09-2013, 17:52

Mine is hard chromed, but I bought it that way.

SPIN2010 · 02-09-2013, 17:56

2740 is known to have caused a chrome shortage in the USA several times in the 1911 forum.

***faawrenchbndr*** · 02-09-2013, 18:00

I think Joe has a deal to have his carcass hard chromed before he is buried!

glock2740 · 02-09-2013, 18:11

Hardchrome. The new Gold.

1canvas · 02-09-2013, 19:48

I love blue steel guns but I have sweat like acid. I had the frame on my combat commander done about 25 years ago and the frame looks as good as it did when I had it done.

silversport · 02-10-2013, 05:31

I had my Kimber Hard Chromed at Tripp Research in 2003...it looks about the same as it did when completed...very pleased with Hard Chroming...

Bill

***faawrenchbndr*** · 02-10-2013, 05:40

Not a 1911,.....but I love my Tripp hard chromed P7m8

***BuckyP*** · 02-10-2013, 05:54

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Originally Posted by faawrenchbndr

Not a 1911,.....but I love my Tripp hard chromed P7m8

That is STUNNING!

My contribution, I had my Caspian race gun hard chromed in 1996 after it rusted when shooting in the rain. Many matches later, some in rain, snow, and 100K+ later, the finish hasn't really changed much.

Done right, it lasts and wears really well.

3rdgen40 · 02-10-2013, 06:51

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Originally Posted by glock2740

I've got a few.

It holds up VERY well.

Do you use Metaloy in Berryville ? I'm thinking about this finish for my project gun.It's going see some hard use and I need an extremely durable finish for it.

***faawrenchbndr*** · 02-10-2013, 06:55

Yep,.......Joe paid for Chris' last car.

3rdgen40 · 02-10-2013, 07:03

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Originally Posted by faawrenchbndr

Yep,.......Joe paid for Chris' last car.

He might be able to buy a tank of gas for it with what I need done...

MoFormula · 02-10-2013, 08:46

glock2740 · 02-10-2013, 09:05

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Originally Posted by 3rdgen40

Do you use Metaloy in Berryville ? I'm thinking about this finish for my project gun.It's going see some hard use and I need an extremely durable finish for it.

Yes. Chris is the best in the biz.

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Originally Posted by faawrenchbndr

Yep,.......Joe paid for Chris' last car.

True dat!

***faawrenchbndr*** · 02-10-2013, 09:10

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Originally Posted by MoFormula

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dAYUMn.......best lookin Sistema I've ever seen!

glock2740 · 02-10-2013, 09:15

My custom Colt Commander is my only Tripp hardchromed gun and it was a great job. LOVE this gun. It's on par with many of my semi-customs, as it should be, since the only thing Colt about it is the slide and frame and those have been re-fit. All Wilson and Ed Brown parts with a Bar-Sto match barrel and Novak night sights.

***Glockdude1*** · 02-10-2013, 09:28

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Originally Posted by faawrenchbndr

I think Joe has a deal to have his carcass hard chromed before he is buried!

MoFormula · 02-10-2013, 10:35

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Originally Posted by faawrenchbndr

dAYUMn.......best lookin Sistema I've ever seen!

Thank you. Wish I could take the credit, but I am the second owner. Owner was a TX LEO who purportedly had it built by Eddie Jimenea. He had great taste and I am just the lucky one to benefit from it. It was his go-to gun for requalification and is very accurate and smooth.