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December 7, 2020
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There's a polished 715 about 90 mins away. Seller is firm on $1150. I have offered $950 2-3 times with no response.
Or, I can have my 715 revolver only polished for $600+, or my 715 pistol pac for $1000+.
Not sure which to do? Any owners of polished stainless have any difficulties keeping the mirror-like finish of a shooter?
Who has a polished stainless shooter? Advice on cleaning, polishing, keeping a shooter mirror-like?
Pics of yours!
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July 12, 2020
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Advice on cleaning, polishing, keeping a shooter mirror-like?
Keep it in the safe!!! LOL!!! 
I guess if you had a polishing wheel and some rouge you can keep up with the handling scratches that are bound to happen.
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December 7, 2020
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605Dart said
Advice on cleaning, polishing, keeping a shooter mirror-like?
Keep it in the safe!!! LOL!!!
I guess if you had a polishing wheel and some rouge you can keep up with the handling scratches that are bound to happen.
I guess that's why we never see polished stainless guns on the DWF. Maybe I should look into nickel plating?
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July 12, 2020
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Nickel will scratch, though not as easily. Hard chrome is an option also and probably the hardest of the plating type finishes. A silver DLC is also an option. All of these finishes have to be applied to a polished substrate to have a polished look after coating = big $$$$. The only problem with a high polished finish on a plating/coating is they will show everything, no matter how minor of a blemish and nowhere near as easily repairable as naked SS.
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March 25, 2013
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Dart is correct. All original blemishes show. I have no polished SS Dans because none are factory. You will never get the dollars back out because collector value is ruined. Collector value is highest if a gun is as it left the factory. I do have a Palmer 715 that seems to be semi polished by the factory. The problem is finding shrouds with a similar degree of polish. That is the same problem with hard chrome. Many times hard chrome is represented as a "Stainless Finish". The tell is the serial number not starting with S, S/, or SD. Hard chrome is awesome but it can throw off the accuracy of a fixed sight gun. Again, finding matching BAs is difficult.
I know Snake-eye spent a huge amount of time hand polishing a 715 to match a polished, engraved, unfluted cylinder and shroud he obtained. He loves that gun but said he would never do another. I don't know how much maintenence it requires, but I suspect it is mostly a safe queen.
If you have a gun nickeled or acquire one do not use bore cleaner or anything that removes copper. The nickel is applied over a copper base. I would only use oil. And Wax. Fords of Crystal River does fabulous nickel and reblue. I am sure they can polish stainless too.
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