remove chrome job?

[Soundguy]

it's a domestic chrome job.. probbaly something done in a chrome shop. it's been chromed for probably 50 years.. and so was done well as it retains 100% chrome and finish with no wear. whoever chromed this piece did an excelent job.. I just need to get the chrome off it.

 

[mbrule]

You know we are all curious, what you are de-chroming. Well, at least I am??????

 

[Soundguy]

steyr-hahn 1912

 

[mbrule]

NICE!

 

[Soundguy]

i picked up one years ago and someone had hard chromed it.

otherwise it is a perfect piece. good bore, string rifeling. no pitting at all... not sure why someone defaced it by chroming it... I got it cheap.. so I don't mind having it dechromed and re blued so at least it has a correct, of not original finish.

 

[dragoneggs]

i picked up one years ago and someone had hard chromed it.

otherwise it is a perfect piece. good bore, string rifeling. no pitting at all... not sure why someone defaced it by chroming it... I got it cheap.. so I don't mind having it dechromed and re blued so at least it has a correct, of not original finish.

Just about to ask... the chrome was confusing me. Good luck. Quite a historical model.

 

[Soundguy]

yep.. someone defaced it.....

 

[Gator6x4]

Sound; would it be safe to shoot? And if safe to shoot would a modern day 9mm chamber correctly.

 

[dfkrug]

i'm thinking electrolysis may be the safest way.

Interesting problem, SG. If you are thinking of a DIY experiment, then maybe you could
try electroplating a scrap piece of steel, using your chromed part as the sacrificial anode.

Normally, you would plate a part with Cr by immersing it in an electrolyte bath, along with
a chunk of chromium. The latter is the anode, where you connect a DC + power supply. The
part is the cathode (-).

 

[Soundguy]

i'm very familiar with anode / cathode terminology.. something they beat into us in engineering school i'm afraid..



as to safe to shoot.. I've seen nothing to indicate that it would not be safe. smokeless powder was in full swing when this firearm was made.. so no chance of it being made for BP loads.

as for modern 9mm.. I assume you mean 9x19 or 9mm parabellum ( luger ).

all depends on the chambering. that steyr could have been made in quite a few different chamberings.