hello i was wondering if anyone knew when colt stopped using the nickle finish and went to the bright stainless also what is the difference between the two thanks for any help
The difference between the two is bright nickel is a thin plating of nickel deposited over standard carbon steel by an electro-plating process.
Nickel can be rather easily damaged by scratching or chipping, and cannot be repaired by anything other than stripping the finish off and completely re-doing it.
When cleaning a nickel plated gun you have to be careful with bore solvents around it since many solvents can infiltrate under the plating and cause it to flake off.
Stainless steel is a steel and it's stainless all the way through. If it's scratched the metal can be simply re-polished.
Stainless is not easily damaged by any bore solvent unless it's a really aggressive solvent and you let it soak on the metal for hours.
Bright stainless and bright nickel also have a slightly different color especially in the top strap where the stainless guns are more matte gray and the nickel guns have more shine
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