Silver plating Vs. Nickle plating
I am considering an engraved Colt SAA custom gun. What are the advantages of silver vs. nickle plating? Drawbacks? Thanks...
ernie shipman
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ernie shipman
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I'm no expert red (Ijust a guest on this forum) but I would think that silver would be more soft and it tarnishes. I'll be interested in what others have to say. I have a couple of civil-war pistols
(not collectable) that want to plate.
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Chome/Nickel is much harder than Silver. If you want to engrave or otherwise work the metal, silver is the way to go as it is malleable and soft. Nickel is, on the other hand, brittle as hell and cannot be worked with any degree of surety.
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Silver plate, as stated above, is soft and wears easily and tarnishes. Not good for guns except possibly for those that will be show pieces that will not be handled. Maybe a little more classy look than nickel. Nickel plate is durable and holds its finish pretty well under handling and some neglect. I have seen heavy nickel plate flake off stress areas. In any case I would go for nickel plate over silver. You can do either nickel or silver plate yourself with a kit that costs about $40. I have used it for nickel plating several pistols as long as 20 years ago that are still OK, although properly stored and not handled or shot a lot.
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