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    I've gone polish crazy.

    I have seen a couple of threads and pics of some shiny Kahrs and who doesn't want a shiny gun? I Lready polished the trigger components, but I have now polished the barrel for smooth slide action. And this afternoon I went to work om the slide. I polished the sides to a nice high gloss, but left the fop more of a matte to keep any glare interfering with the sights. Its so pretty! I then decided to polish up the magazines to help them drop free even more efficiently. And I finished it all up with a polished guide rod.

    On the polish work, I used Mother's Mag and Aluminum compound. Good stuff!





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    I did about the same thing to my CM9 one weekend. I went from 400, to 1000, to 1500, to 2000 grit paper then mag polish on the sides of the slide. It was just a bit too shiny for me. Actually it was almost mirror like and showed every finger print. So the next weekend I went back to 400 grit all one direction the entire length of the slide. which gives it the finish of brushed aluminum. I like it better that way. It looks about like yours does.

    I may do it to my CW45 but I'm not sure yet.

    It's amazing he things that you come up with to do when you don't want to shoot your ammo. I think it's an obsession.
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    • #3
      I've gone polish crazy.

      Nice work!
      I like how the slide is kind of a brushed shiny. I think that would be a good finish if you get a scratch because you can just "re-brush" it.

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      • #4
        Showroom clean!

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        • #5
          Yeah, I didn't want a mirror finish. I was kind of going for the same look the Ruger SR9 has. Polished smooth on the sides and matte on top. I'm happy with it. I just wish I could find the night sights now. I can't find them anywhere.

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          • #6
            I've gone polish crazy.

            I ordered my Big Dot sights from XS...
            http://www.xssights.com/index.php?nI...ts&sID=handgun

            It only took a couple of weeks to get, which isn't bad considering the current craziness.

            These will go on my PM9 once I can pick it up. I may get some for my CW9 too. But I need to slow down a bit on the money spending. I am not quite as bad as Barth, but I have averaged about 1 gun a month for the past 4 months. Ouch! I gotta save up for ammo or these are going to be some expensive paperweights!

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            • #7
              nice work on the slide..
              . My PM9 has over 34,000+ rounds through it, and runs much better than an illegal trying to get across our border


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              • #8
                Looks very good.....and I'm happy to say it wasn't what I expected from the title....wit this forum I was prepared to read about your stockpile of sausages.

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by yqtszhj View Post
                  I did about the same thing to my CM9 one weekend. I went from 400, to 1000, to 1500, to 2000 grit paper then mag polish on the sides of the slide. It was just a bit too shiny for me. Actually it was almost mirror like and showed every finger print. So the next weekend I went back to 400 grit all one direction the entire length of the slide. which gives it the finish of brushed aluminum. I like it better that way. It looks about like yours does.

                  I may do it to my CW45 but I'm not sure yet.

                  It's amazing he things that you come up with to do when you don't want to shoot your ammo. I think it's an obsession.
                  Beautiful work, AdamSean!

                  yqtszhj, where are the pics!!!
                  Very interesting...

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                  • #10
                    Looks Great AdamSean. Did you do everything by hand or was a wheel involved as well?
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                    • #11
                      Wow, nice work. I am going to do my barrel, what was your process if you don't mind sharing? Did you use a dremel? That was my plan.

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by LorenzoB View Post
                          I ordered my Big Dot sights from XS...
                          http://www.xssights.com/index.php?nI...ts&sID=handgun

                          It only took a couple of weeks to get, which isn't bad considering the current craziness.

                          These will go on my PM9 once I can pick it up. I may get some for my CW9 too. But I need to slow down a bit on the money spending. I am not quite as bad as Barth, but I have averaged about 1 gun a month for the past 4 months. Ouch! I gotta save up for ammo or these are going to be some expensive paperweights!

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                          I saw these on their website. I am definitely going to order them in the next couple of weeks.

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                          • #14
                            I used a Dremel on the barrel with a polishing felt pad. On the slide I used the Mother's Mag and Aluminum compound and a cotton cloth.

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                            • #15
                              Originally posted by JustinN View Post
                              Looks very good.....and I'm happy to say it wasn't what I expected from the title....wit this forum I was prepared to read about your stockpile of sausages.
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