Nickle plating question...How common is...?
How common is it for a "factory" nickle-plated revolver to have BLUED steel trigger and hammer?
I have one nickle-plated revolver (PYTHON) with nickled trigger and hammer (but it may have been nickled AFTER leaving the factory) and I have one nickle-plated revolver (TROOPER MK III) with BLUE trigger and hammer.
Checking the auction listings of NP guns, I see that many are apparently equipped with BLUE triggers and hammers. Would there be a good reason for this? If so, please explain.
One person offered that the nickle had WORN off the triggers and hammers. That answer doesn't make sense to me since the sides of these parts would get less "wear" than the barrel, cylinder, frame, etc. Besides, I talking about carefully handled and well-kept guns.
I have one nickle-plated revolver (PYTHON) with nickled trigger and hammer (but it may have been nickled AFTER leaving the factory) and I have one nickle-plated revolver (TROOPER MK III) with BLUE trigger and hammer.
Checking the auction listings of NP guns, I see that many are apparently equipped with BLUE triggers and hammers. Would there be a good reason for this? If so, please explain.
One person offered that the nickle had WORN off the triggers and hammers. That answer doesn't make sense to me since the sides of these parts would get less "wear" than the barrel, cylinder, frame, etc. Besides, I talking about carefully handled and well-kept guns.
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Aesthetics. Colt nickeled the Python parts, did not nickel the Mk III or Mk V parts. S&W does not nickel their hammers or triggers either.
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Thanks, CG, for the information. [:)][^] 0
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