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Is there anything different to caring and maintaining a nickel plated pistol?
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Just be careful with the hoppes #9 or anything that will remove copper. If it gets under the plating through a nick or deep scratch it'll peel the plating right off. Other than that, beware of fingerprints! -
NEVER USE copper removers or Ammonia cleaners on Nickel plated firearms since majority of the time a copper plate is put down to give a very smooth finish to the nickel plate.Comment
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Is this also true for guns that have electroless nickel plating? These guns tend to have a coarser textured finish and I don't THINK they put down copper plating first... but I don't know that for a fact.Comment
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Polished stainless doesn't have that problem.
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