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Well, finally got tired of my gun getting uglier every time I took it out.
For a few years I've owned my Rock Island Armory 1911, and from the first months it was picked on from rust, I oiled the hell out of it, placed it in a case with silica packs and kept in my safe, I'd always take it out to open it and find rust all over it.
I got to this year in a point that the back of the grip safety and Mainspring Housing was just brown, rusting so much and thick it became the color, the trigger guard was worn to be bare metal/silverish, the park was worn off. the slide was worn down on the right side to the point it was rusting so from cleaning and bluing it to keep it dark, it added a blue reflection with light on the right side of my frame. The park was also changing to a light green on the frame, the slide remained a grey.
the most recent picture is here, but I cheated for this image and put makeup on my gun (oilbath) and took the photo, also removed the browns and such in photoshop so most of the flaws are not seen. but you can see the bluing flaw on the slide.
Handguns
In this older image you can see a lot of the brown from the rust, and how the frame was a lighter color as the park diminished.
Targets
So I was fed up, got a pint of Lauer Manganese Phosphate Parkerizing solution, and prepped my gun.
Basic strip, can see how bad it turned, and the rust that built under the frontstrap, patches of no more parkerizing under the grips, scratches.
stripped
Fully taken down, parts set aside, pins and springs in a bag.
stripped 2
Here is the slide and frame after I took them outback and sandblasted them and the parts then hosed them with gun scrubber, after that they were set in hot distilled water before placed into the parkerizing bath.
Blasted
The Solution
Park Bath
After the bath I took all the parts, hosed them with WD-40, then gun scrubber, then rubbed everything with gun grease, after buffing the pieces I applied gun oil to everything and put the gun back together. I first made sure to repolish the feed ramp, after all together and testing the function and safeties I gave another blast of oil and wiped it all down. the dark spot on the slide in this pic is from my greasy finger positioning the gun for the photo.
Bright flash
Another shot with my camera's flash stepped down.
Darker photo
The back of the gun, nice dark grey, no more rust or bare metal.
Rear1
Rear2
Close up of the trigger area
Center
Dark Gun
Dark finish
Its not a professional job, but I never like my guns to look too Fancy...unless its my Python, it can look new and fancy.
For a few years I've owned my Rock Island Armory 1911, and from the first months it was picked on from rust, I oiled the hell out of it, placed it in a case with silica packs and kept in my safe, I'd always take it out to open it and find rust all over it.
I got to this year in a point that the back of the grip safety and Mainspring Housing was just brown, rusting so much and thick it became the color, the trigger guard was worn to be bare metal/silverish, the park was worn off. the slide was worn down on the right side to the point it was rusting so from cleaning and bluing it to keep it dark, it added a blue reflection with light on the right side of my frame. The park was also changing to a light green on the frame, the slide remained a grey.
the most recent picture is here, but I cheated for this image and put makeup on my gun (oilbath) and took the photo, also removed the browns and such in photoshop so most of the flaws are not seen. but you can see the bluing flaw on the slide.
Handguns
In this older image you can see a lot of the brown from the rust, and how the frame was a lighter color as the park diminished.
Targets
So I was fed up, got a pint of Lauer Manganese Phosphate Parkerizing solution, and prepped my gun.
Basic strip, can see how bad it turned, and the rust that built under the frontstrap, patches of no more parkerizing under the grips, scratches.
stripped
Fully taken down, parts set aside, pins and springs in a bag.
stripped 2
Here is the slide and frame after I took them outback and sandblasted them and the parts then hosed them with gun scrubber, after that they were set in hot distilled water before placed into the parkerizing bath.
Blasted
The Solution
Park Bath
After the bath I took all the parts, hosed them with WD-40, then gun scrubber, then rubbed everything with gun grease, after buffing the pieces I applied gun oil to everything and put the gun back together. I first made sure to repolish the feed ramp, after all together and testing the function and safeties I gave another blast of oil and wiped it all down. the dark spot on the slide in this pic is from my greasy finger positioning the gun for the photo.
Bright flash
Another shot with my camera's flash stepped down.
Darker photo
The back of the gun, nice dark grey, no more rust or bare metal.
Rear1
Rear2
Close up of the trigger area
Center
Dark Gun
Dark finish
Its not a professional job, but I never like my guns to look too Fancy...unless its my Python, it can look new and fancy.
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