I recently aquired due to dads ill health his S&W Model 10 - x (haven't even had time to take it down and clean it good yet) .38 Special with a nickel finish.
I have all manner of experience with blued and stainless, but have never owned a nickel finish before.
The old geezer as we affectionately call him, is the guy who taught me how to clean and shoot guns, but I don't think he has even touched this gun for 15 years. There are some spots on the nickel plating, I've gone over it with WD40 just to make sure it doesn't get any worse, but can anyone recommend something to clean it with? On chrome, etc. I'd use 0000 steel wool and cleaner -- do that on my motorcycles all the time but I'm scared of making the finish here any worse than it already it. See if I can get a pic up from photobucket:
Now that is a great picture of how bad it looks -- that is not pitting I don't think, it's a discoloration of the metal.
Anyone has any ideas please shoot them my way please, still gotta slug the barrel and find out what the cylinders like. Lock up is tight, trigger is excellent, just need to pull it down and clean it up!
Here's one more where it doesn't look so bad:
Thanks,
Art