p6 barrel variations????

[svt4you]

So my P6 is a 11/82. It has a shiny polished barrel at least the part that shows at the top and side of the slide. I have seen a lot of p6's with barrels that are simply blued. Is there any real difference in these barrels? Or did some police departments simply have part of the barrel polished?



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[daemonite]

Mine came polished. 12/83

[SS109]

Mine is polished. 3/82

[AYEAREFIFTEEN]

Mine is Polished as well. 4/82

[pklin1297]

polished 12/83. I'll be finishing it to make it mirror polished.

[toneman]

Yea I did read some post here that older model is not polished & more stiff feed ramps , there for hard time feeding some long hollow points

[pklin1297]

Newer model years had the feed ramps modified to feed hollow points more reliably. Don't know if barrel stiffness had anything to do with it... Polishing feed ramps helps.

[JTROKS]

Mine is polished. Although mine feeds hollowpoint rounds with the proper OAL I will be polishing the feedramp to see if it makes it any better in feeding the shorter rounds. I do have a S&W 5906 and a Tanfoglio TA-90 that will feed anything including empty brass. I think the empty brass test is the ultimate in feeding reliability.

[wilit]

Mine is blued 10/81.

[maxicon]

Mine is blued - 1/81. My friend's is also blued - 12/79.