our barrels are chrome under the stock finish

[jocko]

I am the messengerhere, I was told this by kahr several times. Girlfriend or wife, trust me UR ALWAYS WRONG, getused to that and life will be smoother..

[BOBBO268]

I like jeweling on barrels and hoods (i know on the tight spaced kahrs it will eventually rub off but i dont shoot my edc much) if i polish just to see what it looks like...can i still get it jeweled if i dont like it?

The jeweling is done on top of the polished area, so you're saving the next guy (or yourself) a step when getting it jeweled.

[Tilos]

jocko:

The terms Nickel plating and electroless nickel plating are often interchanged but are 2 completely different processes with way different results.

Electroless Nickel is a nickel/cobalt alloy that is much harder and bluer than nickel and what I think is used on Kahr barrels.
Could you ask your contacts at Kahr what process is used to plate Kahr barrels??

None of this really matters much, I'm just curious, but it would affect the amount of polishing that can be safely done.
http://www.caswellplating.com/everyt...-firearms.html
Tilos

[jocko]

I don't think it is electroless. pretty sure of that. This is not a plating that rounds will wear off. It is supposed to be more durab le and certainly less coxrrossive than conventioal steels, and there fore more costly to do.

Kahr calls it nickel plating and I have never read anywhere the word eltctrless plating being used. NOt that I can't reask but you can also do the same. I am confident with what has been told to me. I really don't know of any gun maker using electroless plating on their barrels. I can only tell u I have polished my PM9 barrel with a dremel and polishing cone with a soft compound over 32K rounds ago and today the feedc ramp, chamber and outside of mky barrel looks as new as the day I polished it.

I can't see kahr paying lothar to make top quality basrrels for them and then cheapening it with a poor plating. YMMV.