Hard Chrome finish

When I was heavy into Cowboy Mounted Action Shooting, which uses .45 caliber black powder blank cartridges in single-action revolvers to bust balloons from horseback, I had a Colt Single Action Army hard-chromed by Ford's. All of the firearms (revolvers, shotguns, and rifles) take a lot of abuse from the black powder, especially the pistols as they are used the most. I found the hard chrome (I specified bright chrome) made cleaning the revolver much easier, and you could even wait awhile before cleaning without having to worry about corrosion. I never had any yellowing or chipping of the finish, even in the bore and chambers. If hard chrome will withstand the abuse of high-pressure 5.56 ammunition in the chambers and bore of automatic weapons, it should work for you.

Awesome. Ford's in FL is actually who I've been talking to. I'm going to remove the sights this weekend and get it in the mail next week.

The only thing that gave me pause with Ford's is its like a 6 month time frame.

Hard chrome is hands down the most durable finish ,,Fords is also the best at refinishing ,,

Try CCR in Greeneville Tennessee. Here is their website. They rechromed a P220 a few years ago and it still looks new.
Cummings Custom Refinishing

ni hao said:

Try CCR in Greeneville Tennessee. Here is their website. They rechromed a P220 a few years ago and it still looks new.
Cummings Custom Refinishing

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That's funny, they currently have a P226 of mine now, it's getting their Cera-Hide finish. I didn't know they did hard chrome though. I'm going to take a look.

I had a couple guns hard chromed, and a couple more with hard chromed frames. Hard chrome is the toughest, hardest, easiest to clean finish I have yet used. One gun I had hard chromed over 40 years ago is still in the family, and still looks about the same a it did back then. More recently, factory barrels in a couple of my guns have that DLC finish. I have little experience with it, but that too is obviously very hard, and shows practically no detectible wear after hundreds of rounds...

Free Tacos I owe you an Apology. I got confused and told you wrong about CCR doing hard Chrome. The pistol I was refering to that they had refinished for me was in Nickel not Chrome. Again I apologize for my error.

I did a P229 years ago. It turned out fantastic! I used APW Cogan.

I have a Wilson 130 Master Grade that I bought in 1983 that is matte or satin hard chrome. I shot IPSC and then IDPA with it. It was "refurbed" (slide tightened, bushing replaced, etc. NO finish work needed) once about '95 and I still shoot it on occasion. With a new set of grip panels it looks ALMOST as good as it did new. Nothing I have ever had outlasted or outperformed hard chrome when done right.