Any one have a chrome or gold ak ? [Archive]

Richard Erichsen

07-13-2012, 12:38 PM

I like the gaudy look of it wondered if anyone has tried it here

A shop that does chrome would need an FFL to do the receiver and not many shops do. Gold is another matter, since you'd need a jeweler. 24 carat gold is the most costly and least durable, so a lower alloy like 10 carat would be necessary if you wanted it to last. At current gold prices (about $1500+ an ounce) and the higher cost of a jeweler's time per hour, with the secondary requirement that they have an FFL, I'm not sure you'd have any luck finding someone to do this. If you did, the price will probably be almost as ridiculous as the weapon will be when complete.

Most of those gold, nickel plated and bright chrome plated firearms were made in developing countries where regulations are quite a bit more "flexible" and generally made for government officials, local warlords or drug kingpins.

Cheap solution - gold and silver paint do exist and while they won't have the deep metallic luster you may crave, they will be just as gaudy if that was the goal. When you get tired of being laughed at, the cost to change to a more sensible color pallet will be a matter of deciding (after stripping that rubbish off) on parkerizing, painting or bluing, which is an under $400 proposition if professionally done.

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Yugo

07-13-2012, 12:43 PM

can aluminum be plated?

Richard Erichsen

07-13-2012, 12:45 PM

can aluminum be plated?

You can electroplate plastic using a different process from common industrial metals. Aluminum is plated all the time - think chrome plated rims.

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JUm3

07-13-2012, 12:47 PM

I've only seen the pictures from Mexican drug cartel busts. AKs, 1911s, HPs, etc. All gold.

i wished i saved that article. I just tried googling it. didn't find the detailed photos. the one with millions of cash lying around in diff currency

JUm3

07-13-2012, 12:49 PM

http://www.ebaumsworld.com/pictures/view/80993831/

got it.. i should have used druglord instead of kingpin as a search.

Yugo

07-13-2012, 1:00 PM

so can I melt my silver down and plate my 80%er?

Ubermcoupe

07-13-2012, 5:12 PM

I hear they are smuggling them in from overseas though...if you know the right guy (http://www.everydaynodaysoff.com/2012/07/07/marine-convicted-of-smuggling-ak-47-from-saddams-palace/).

Might as well ask... "anyone have 100 kilos of cocaine?"

Shhh :shifty:
A shop that does chrome would need an FFL to do the receiver and not many shops do. ...

FFL only required if it is physically out of your presence (i.e. you ship it, or leave it overnight). If you stay on the premises while its being done than you’re cool. Works the same way as engraving - as long as you’re in the shop while the legal firearm is being worked on the shop doesn’t need an FFL.

Now, I don’t know how long the plating process would take, or if they would allow you to wait, so my point may be moot. :thumbsup:

CSACANNONEER

07-13-2012, 5:22 PM

I've seen a NIB chrome AK in a CA gun store before. So, I bet a few people here have them stashed away. The easiest and probably cheapest way to legally aquire one would be to find one on GB.

Richard Erichsen

07-13-2012, 5:30 PM

so can I melt my silver down and plate my 80%er?

No, the metal has to be chemically broken down. Read up on electroplating. There is no heat involved.

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CSACANNONEER

07-13-2012, 5:34 PM

so can I melt my silver down and plate my 80%er?

AK plating party at Yugo's! This weekend only. Bring your gold, silver, beer and AKs!

Richard Erichsen

07-13-2012, 5:36 PM

FFL only required if it is physically out of your presence (i.e. you ship it, or leave it overnight). If you stay on the premises while its being done than you’re cool. Works the same way as engraving - as long as you’re in the shop while the legal firearm is being worked on the shop doesn’t need an FFL.

Engraving is a process you could expect to be physically present for when it's performed and with the new laser etching setups, it could be done in minutes. The prep work and process of plating has enough steps and time involved that they would have to clear their schedule to allow you to be on premises for several hours and neither of you would be able to leave until the work was finished and handed over. From a workflow perspective, it's just not that practical.

starsnuffer

07-13-2012, 7:05 PM

Just use tinfoil.

http://i.imgur.com/W8r7f.jpg

-W

BucDan

07-13-2012, 7:41 PM

^lol

50BMGBOB

07-13-2012, 7:46 PM

Richard Erichsen

07-13-2012, 8:04 PM

There are a couple of goldish finishes I looked at including a few home plating set ups when I built my last AK. In the end, it was going to cost more than the gun. While I would like a gold AK in my collection, I decided it wasn't high enough on my want list to justify the cost.

That was the point I was trying to make. A lot of effort and cost for a questionable outcome that will get old fast.

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MrExel17

07-13-2012, 8:26 PM

All my guns in Call of Duty are Gold, in real life nada!:rolleyes:

SJgunguy24

07-13-2012, 8:40 PM

I don't own anything like that but yes I have seen and handled gold, chrome, and black chrome plated AK pistols.

arsilva32

07-13-2012, 8:50 PM

classic arms was selling chrome ak's last year. you can always chrome plate at home with a kit:http://www.caswellplating.com/electroplating-anodizing/nickel-plating-kits/electroless-nickel-plating-kits.html

nickel, chrome , black chrome , gold , silver ect ect

Turo

07-13-2012, 9:02 PM

An idea, you could look into TiN coating (Titanium Nitride) It's gold in color, and actually has properties that would be useful in firearm applicaitons, surface lubricity, wear resistance, scratch resistance, etc. There are tons of firearm finishing shops that can do it, just google it.

I thought about having a Glock slide TiN coated, mainly because I really like the properties of the finish, but the gold color would be interesting. If you're not interested in a gold color, TiCN, and TiAlN coatings aren't gold, but offer many of the benefits of TiN coating.

Here's a 1911 with the slide TiN coated:
http://i579.photobucket.com/albums/ss238/Onufriyenko/Articles/SHOTShow2010/JC7_1383.jpg

onegtalon

07-13-2012, 9:38 PM

Go to La Fondue in Saratoga and marvel at the lamps. ;-)

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50BMGBOB

07-13-2012, 11:42 PM

you can always chrome plate at home with a kit:http://www.caswellplating.com/electroplating-anodizing/nickel-plating-kits/electroless-nickel-plating-kits.html

nickel, chrome , black chrome , gold , silver ect ect

Home kits like this require you plate in two steps as the gold won't stick to the steel. That doubles the cost and work/time it takes.

There are several companys with FFL's that plate firearms. One I found here in CA. I have never used them so I can't comment on there work but here's a link Techplate (http://http://www.techplate.com/firearms_pl.htm) There minimum price is $425 for a rifle. Remember plating, like bluing, does not hide any flaws and I would imagin any polishing would be extra.

Like I said, I did look into it. Some day when I have more money or fewer wants I may get one.

ChaneRZ

07-13-2012, 11:47 PM

Check FPSRussia's AK. It is gold!

feelgood

07-14-2012, 4:51 PM

I think they would only come from either Mexico or Iraq????

MrPlink

07-14-2012, 5:53 PM

I would rather have a gold Dragunov

http://www.wired.com/images_blogs/photos/uncategorized/2007/10/30/sniper.jpg

alpine600

07-15-2012, 10:00 AM

Go to La Fondue in Saratoga and marvel at the lamps. ;-)

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you mean this one? LoL Saw this it a year or so ago. Dont know if its still there

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8008/7576188430_57d5cd572a_c.jpg

chead

07-15-2012, 10:58 AM

I sprayed a mag gold once. Looks cool, annoys old people at the range ;)

zfields

07-15-2012, 12:33 PM

I think sportsman's arms in petaluma had them at one point.

Richard Erichsen

07-15-2012, 1:37 PM

I think sportsman's arms in petaluma had them at one point.

I didn't realize you lived that far North when you were over here. How have the deprogramming sessions being going? I hear it takes twice as long to get the Bay Area "thing" out of your vernacular. ;)

R

zfields

07-15-2012, 2:29 PM

I didn't realize you lived that far North when you were over here. How have the deprogramming sessions being going? I hear it takes twice as long to get the Bay Area "thing" out of your vernacular. ;)

R

I actually lived in Healdsburg/Windsor. To be honest, most the people raised in that area don't identify with the "bay area" sentiment. It's the people that moved there from the bay, and basically bought out the downtown area, the wineries, and inflated the housing prices so much, that made the area such a hotbed of liberal ideas.

I lived in WV for a short while also, so adapting to the southern thing wasn't to hard for me.
Honestly, the hardest thing for me living in TX is not saying "hella", people just give you funny looks if you say that here.

IrishPirate

07-15-2012, 2:44 PM

just get a Bedazzle!!!

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_5KPZ45ZLrcA/S-RISbKqDjI/AAAAAAAABQs/BZWOleWQdFQ/s640/mexico-guns1.jpg
http://i73.photobucket.com/albums/i239/BellaJax1/bedazzledgun.jpg

there is something pretty badazz about a plated AK though...
http://www.barking-moonbat.com/images/uploads/gold_AK.jpg

Richard Erichsen

07-15-2012, 8:18 PM

just get a Bedazzle!!!

John Moses Browning just rolled over in his grave. Poor devil. RIP.

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kris smith

07-15-2012, 8:30 PM

I Dont Know what's worse the bedazzled pistols or a vagazzle

Mamluke

07-16-2012, 8:14 AM

The cartel now prefers chainsaw AKs as opposed to Gold ... :43:

http://helablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/chainsaw_zombie_killer_2.jpg

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You could say, they're evolving .... :D

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Zartan

07-16-2012, 8:44 AM

Goldeneye, Is that you?

tuolumnejim

07-16-2012, 8:56 AM

Rattlecan gold baby! :43:
Valspar 12 Oz. Brilliant Gold Spray Paint (http://www.lowes.com/pd_57766-4-465.0066009.076_0__?productId=3729675&Ntt=gold+spray+paint&pl=1&currentURL=&facetInfo=)

M1A_KICHI

07-16-2012, 12:45 PM

I remember years ago that classicarms used to sell chrome AK's and SKS's. Naturally they did not sell them to residents in Ca but I am sure a few members possibly got a third party involved. Here is one a member from another site purchased from them.

zfields

07-16-2012, 12:50 PM

projectalpha

07-16-2012, 12:54 PM

Go to La Fondue in Saratoga and marvel at the lamps. ;-)

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Philippe Starck AK lamps. Those things are expensive.

M1A_KICHI

07-16-2012, 1:09 PM

They actually had them up to about 4 or 5 months ago I think.

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You're right. Looks like from another site they mention it was a hassle and didn't want to do it no more. It's been a while since I have been on that site. It has definitely changed.

zfields

07-16-2012, 2:14 PM

You're right. Looks like from another site they mention it was a hassle and didn't want to do it no more. It's been a while since I have been on that site. It has definitely changed.

I couldn't imagine THAT many people wanted them. He didn't charge a real high premium on them either.

New website is so much nicer. The old one made me cringe.

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em9sredbeam

07-16-2012, 2:22 PM

The cartel now prefers chainsaw AKs as opposed to Gold ... :43:

http://helablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/chainsaw_zombie_killer_2.jpg

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You could say, they're evolving .... :D

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I want it... I don't know why, but I do. Gears of War, here I come...

soldierboy

08-06-2012, 11:30 AM

i have been thinking of doing this to my draco
i know a couple of engravers and have been toying with a few ideas

Ibgreezy

08-06-2012, 11:36 AM

+1 on wanting to do a Draco or underfolder in chrome or gold. I actually really wanted to buy one from Classic Arms when they had them, but when I called they said they wouldn't ship it to CA. So does Classic Arms ship to us now? They always got decent prices.

GMG

08-06-2012, 1:32 PM

How about a polished nickel 1919a4 and all the trimmings.

http://www.gunbroker.com/Auction/ViewItem.aspx?Item=299486807

norcal.xd

08-06-2012, 2:02 PM

The cartel now prefers chainsaw AKs as opposed to Gold ... :43:

http://helablog.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/chainsaw_zombie_killer_2.jpg

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You could say, they're evolving .... :D

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could you imagine if this was used in scareface on the Cuban in the motel. :6: that would be sick.....