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HOOKED ON HISTORY Chrome No 4 spike bayonet &... 06-09-2013, 09:35 PM
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Peter Laidler Before you invest in a white... 06-11-2013, 05:33 PM
browningautorifle Always the armourer...but he... 06-11-2013, 06:31 PM
HOOKED ON HISTORY Was already concidering that... 06-11-2013, 06:41 PM
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Brit plumber Chromings got some nasty s***... 06-12-2013, 02:35 PM
Peter Laidler There are some quality chrome... 06-13-2013, 04:31 AM
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    While on the subject of chroming gew and all...... exactly what IS the difference between Chrome plate and Nickel - or come to that, silver or even gold? Apart from the obvious material of course.

    I ask because when the SA80 first came on stream, we did a few SA80 bayonets with chrome blades and it really was a bit of a disaster but the nickel was a far superior finish and seemed to last forever whereas the chromes blades soon started to almost 'weep' in the way they corroded. I did speak to one of the metallurgists who said that it wasn't a metallurgy 'problem' as such but more a question for a chemist - which I ain't!

    I kept a couple of the chromed ones greased up and still have one that's perfect. But like I said, it's greased up and not open to the atmosphere

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