very rough crome .455 MK VI

[read6737]

Just found a rough cromed MK VI.
It looks like it was rough befor the croaming took place, and then left again to deterioate, then attacked with wite wool and a file.
Rough marks in many places,
No serial N°s left, or proof markes, so NO colectors veaue to ruin.
not even sure if it is an Enfield or a Webley.
The rest workes fine, barrel OK and chambers clean, just a little play in the cylinder lock, but thenit is a Wibley Wobley Webley or Enfield.
I am thiking about painting it with suncrite as I think the paint
will cover the undulations better,
Can you brush on the Suncorite.?
Any sugestions as to another finish?

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the pics flatter the revolver alot.

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[browningautorifle]

Isn't the bottom revolver a Bulldog?

[read6737]

yes it is

[browningautorifle]

Can you brush on the Suncorite

Peter and a couple others will catch this eventually and let you know about the sunkorite, I think it was applied by local armorers with brush...baked on. I wonder if you should remove the chrome though? That would be an acid bath, I think muriatic acid is what's used. It's toxic as well as harsh so you might want to contract it out if you do that. I've also glass bead blasted it off 1911s that came from central America in the '80's. They blued and parkerized perfectly after.

[Peter Laidler]

Better to just have the chrome bead blasted away and the pistol phosphated. Or blued over the fine bead blasting., If the steel is pitted, then it is what it is but with some protection, it isn't coming back. Brush painting sunkorite. Well....., you could but i'll never adhere to chrome, believe me!

[read6737]

thanks for the info.
as the revolver is realy not worth anything, just looks very c**p, but it shoots well,
I think any finish other than the sanded, filed scrartched and not very flat crom would be better,
I will see if a friend can do some fine bead blasting.
I had better take a few better pics to show the DIY sh*t work.

[browningautorifle]

chrome bead blasted away and the pistol phosphated. Or blued over the fine bead blasting., If the steel is pitted,

Yes, and if there are pits, they'll be completely cleaned out at the same time. You can't hide them but it'll look like the first day again. If the blue salts are new and strong, it will give it a nice rich black finish. You won't want to stink the house out with sunkorite then...and the oven...

Remember, glass beads not sand. Sand can change the geological structure of your pistol. You can remove things with sand...like shape.

[CINDERS]

In some cases a gun that looks a bit of a dog act mongrel thing that is not worth a hoop of dog p**p but which canes the cr*p out of other pampered pooch fire arms that look like they just left the armoury all of a sudden people realize crikey you do not need a dazzling example of a weapon as we just got pants'ed by a cruddy looking chrome thingy. You will find people gravitate towards it, in-fact may offer to buy it

[Aragorn243]

Once you get the chrome off you could JB weld the pitting and spray paint it with Krylon.

[browningautorifle]

you could JB weld the pitting and spray paint it with Krylon.

Stone cheap!