1958 357 "FlatTop"

[Shyoldman]

Saw a Blackhawk,357, 4 5/8 Flattop, s/r 16624 today in a local pawn. This had been Chromed. I thought it was a shame for someone to defaced that great old gun that way. They still were asking $779 for it. Way to much, right?

 

[Unconverted]

Absolutely it's too much. The plating even ruined the value of the parts.

 

[Shyoldman]

That is what I thought too. They even put cheap plastic "STAG" grips on it.

What a shame and waste!!!

 

[David LaPell]

Who ever plated such a fine gun should be flogged repeatedly with a rolled up Ruger catalog.

 

[Dale53]

If it is "Industrial Hard Chrome," it was a perfectly valid thing to do for a field revolver. There were no stainless revolvers "back in the day". The fact that collectors are turned off doesn't mean it was a bad idea. Just depends on your point of view.

I'm primarily a shooter and I CAN see the validity of Metalifing a "rust prone" revolver used in the field.

FWIW
Dale53

 

[Enigma]

If it is "Industrial Hard Chrome," it was a perfectly valid thing to do for a field revolver. There were no stainless revolvers "back in the day". The fact that collectors are turned off doesn't mean it was a bad idea. Just depends on your point of view.

I'm primarily a shooter and I CAN see the validity of Metalifing a "rust prone" revolver used in the field.

FWIW
Dale53

+1. I'm planning to Metalife my very well used 4-5/8" Super once I return to the States. It needs to be refinished (again), and this is the nost durable thing I can think of. Will some collector be cursing me years from now? I dunno.

 

[Wyandot Jim]

Yea
Don't tell Joe Bowman, rest his sole, that this is a bad thing to to.
Jim