bigboy69 Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 When you polish the inside of the mag, what setup are you using?? Or what is your whole process? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoganbillJ Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 H&M Black Nitride and done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy69 Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 If I send it for work, I think I would get them electrolis nickel plated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EngineerEli Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 I've always wondered if you would get any results tossing the mag tubes into the media tumbler for your brass and letting it run for a few hours... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy69 Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 I do that with my 22/45 mags. It works well. IDK how well it would work since my tumbler isn't that huge Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeRush Posted May 27, 2016 Share Posted May 27, 2016 You can tumble them but use fresh media and do one at a time. They can look nice but it doesn't seem to do a ton to smooth things out internally. Outside, I used to work through grits of sandpaper and buffer wheels. Now I use basically a scotchbrite pad for more of a matte finish. Inside, I will knock the sharp edge off the inside of the feed lips and polish those with a dremel and wheel. For the length of the tube I use flitz on a shotgun bore mop. Bore mop goes on a section of cleaning rod and gets chucked up into a drill. At the end I will use brake cleaner and pull clean rags through. I am eventually going to do "one last polish" and get the mags hard chromed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy69 Posted May 27, 2016 Author Share Posted May 27, 2016 You can tumble them but use fresh media and do one at a time. They can look nice but it doesn't seem to do a ton to smooth things out internally. Outside, I used to work through grits of sandpaper and buffer wheels. Now I use basically a scotchbrite pad for more of a matte finish. Inside, I will knock the sharp edge off the inside of the feed lips and polish those with a dremel and wheel. For the length of the tube I use flitz on a shotgun bore mop. Bore mop goes on a section of cleaning rod and gets chucked up into a drill. At the end I will use brake cleaner and pull clean rags through. I am eventually going to do "one last polish" and get the mags hard chromed. I'm going to try the bore trick. I would not suggest hard chrome, I would suggest Electrolis nickel for magazines. At least that's what I've been told from Mahovsky's Metalife. I wanted hard chrome and he said you don't want hard chrome you want electrolis nickle for magazines They did my Para mags and they were slick as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
v1911 Posted May 28, 2016 Share Posted May 28, 2016 I had WMD Guns NP3 several mags for me. Decent cost and I really liked the results. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Racinready300ex Posted June 3, 2016 Share Posted June 3, 2016 I have one of the Dawson mag tuning kits. It came with a long piece of Aluminum for messing with the springs. So I took and wrapped sand paper around it and ran it up in the mag. I think I started with like 600 grit and went up to 1000 or 1200. The wrapped a cloth around it and used mothers polish to finish up. Then cleaned it up with break cleaner. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortBus Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I'm thinking about doing electrolis nickel plating on my P320 magazines. Anyone ever done something like this? I was going to try it myself with the method shown here: http://www.instructables.com/id/High-Quality-and-safe-Nickel-Plating/?ALLSTEPS Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy69 Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 I'm thinking about doing electrolis nickel plating on my P320 magazines. Anyone ever done something like this? I was going to try it myself with the method shown here: http://www.instructables.com/id/High-Quality-and-safe-Nickel-Plating/?ALLSTEPS I sent my Para mags to Metalife and had that done. They were slick as hell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortBus Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I'm trying to avoid sending them anywhere. I don't want to wait on them and I don't won't to buy more mags to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy69 Posted June 13, 2016 Author Share Posted June 13, 2016 Talk to Metalife they normally have a 2 week turn around time. And i believe if you tell him you need them really quick, he'll work with you. 814-436-7747 I just tell people about him because of agood experience and great work. I receive no kind of kick backs or discounts or anything like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShortBus Posted June 13, 2016 Share Posted June 13, 2016 I'll give them a call tomorrow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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