Jeweling, yeah or nay?

[Ale-8(1)]

JMHO

Yuck!

JMHO

 

[CraigC]

I love custom guns and high fallutin' finishes but I absolutely despise jewelling. Tacky is a good word for it. IMHO, it decreases the value on a used gun. The good news is that it is usually easily polished or blasted away.

 

[Jimbo357mag]

How about diamond studded??

...Jimbo

 

[KWYJIBO]

I think jeweling looks neat on a gun with other bling (which translates to a gun that will spend lots of time in the safe and be polished and ogled more than carried or shot). On an otherwise tidy, non-embellished gun, I think it looks out of place.

 

[slowpoke]

To me it just looks out of place on an SA. I can't quite put my finger on it. I like it on a rifle bolt, and a race car dash, but a revolver hammer? For me, no.

 

[wwb]

Jimbo357mag, that THING is an affront to civilized humans everywhere. Had to wash my eyeballs with bleach after looking at it.

 

[revhigh]

Jewelling ???? Yuck ... same as engraving ....

I DON'T WANT FLOWERS ON MY GUNS !!!!!

REV

 

[revhigh]

Oddly (?), I am unwilling to spend money on appearance-only items.

I'm with you on that WESHOOT2 ... if it won't make it shoot more reliably, or more accurately, I aint spendin' any money on it ....

REV

 

[Jayhawkhuntclub]

Jewelling = trashy looking: JMHO.

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Well, especially given that it would be a sight-unseen job (I've never seen examples of this shop's work), I think it's a pass. I'm sending it back to the factory for the trigger job. I would think they'd to a good jeweling job, but have no idea for sure. Certainly not going to spend the money to have it done only to polish it out.

Thanks again,

-- Sam

 

[Rclark]

Your chose! As for me, I adhere to the following statement :

if it won't make it shoot more reliably, or more accurately, I aint spendin' any money on it ....

 

[maxpress]

gives a nice looking gun a "toyish" apperance IMHO

 

[Yosemite Sam]

Your chose! As for me, I adhere to the following statement :

if it won't make it shoot more reliably, or more accurately, I aint spendin' any money on it ....

As we used to say during my biker days, "Chrome don't get ya home!"

-- Sam

 

[Pinecone]

Hmmmmm! How come all those Hell's Angels bikes are all "chromed" up including some of the "mamas"!..............................Dick :wink:

 

[Pinecone]

Here is my 10/22 with the jeweled bolt. Personally, I like it. The rifle is a 1967 10/22 that I have owned 15 years and have put thousands of rounds through it. Not sure how many rounds through it before I got it. It was in fairly good shape when I bought it at a flee market for $80! I added a butt pad for my length of pull, tapered the forend and refinished the stock, jeweled the bolt and modified the extractor a couple of years ago when it started to "hiccup" on me..............

............................Dick :wink:

 

[Snake45]

Here is my 10/22 with the jeweled bolt. Personally, I like it. The rifle is a 1967 10/22 that I have owned 15 years and have put thousands of rounds through it. Not sure how many rounds through it before I got it. It was in fairly good shape when I bought it at a flee market for $80! I added a butt pad for my length of pull, tapered the forend and refinished the stock, jeweled the bolt and modified the extractor a couple of years ago when it started to "hiccup" on me..............

............................Dick :wink:

Looks very nice!

 

[c.r.]

Your chose! As for me, I adhere to the following statement :

if it won't make it shoot more reliably, or more accurately, I aint spendin' any money on it ....

As we used to say during my biker days, "Chrome don't get ya home!"

-- Sam

and "trophies don't pay the bills"

 

[BearHawk 357]

Here are my thoughts towards jewelling on a revolver:


Jewelling on a single action = Does not "fit" the style of the gun unless you are a rhinestone cowboy.

Jewelling on a double action = It depends. If the gun is super common then go for it (what would it hurt?) However, if your gun is a somewhat rare model then leave it alone. It will be worth more in the end if you leave it in the original factory configuration.

There has been a current trend, in the AR-15 community, where people have been having their barrels dimpled. When I first heard of the idea I thought that it would look wierd. However, it looks really sharp when done correctly. Maybe you could have a machine shop dimple the sides of your hammer and trigger. You could start a new trend. Take the old idea of the skeletonized hammers and triggers (1911 style) and apply it to revolvers but with the dimple effect instead. Think of a golf ball like texture, on the metal surface, if you are having troubles picturing it. Just an idea.

 

[JWhitmore44]

Oh my, that's hideous

Just kidding

 

[Snake45]

Oh my, that's hideous

I like that one. :wink:

Don't understand how someone could find that unattractive, but think "dimpling" a revolver hammer like a golf ball might look good. :?