An Interesting 9mm Project You Don't See Everyday!

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After getting my hands on a rare Norinco M77-B recently, it begged to be stripped and brought up to a high polish. Most of the the fine grinding is done, soon I will begin to use finer and finer grits until she is ready for a goof buff. Made of forged carbon steel, this frame and slide will last a lifetime and once polished, I will add a few finishing touches I have yet to finalize. A new set of modified grips in sliver checker plate done at Cobra Imaging should take it up a notch or two. Also has had an excellent trigger job done.

Just thought that the Norc fans out there would like to take a peek at a rather unusual pistol project...........
 
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dogzilla said:
Worked for me. If that's just carbon steel you will have a hard time keeping the rust off it.
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I'll see how it goes. I've heard both good and bad about polishing carbon steel. I have heard that it will resist rust if no chemicals or acids are used to strip the original coating, so I guess I'll find out. I have seen some commercial coatings in clear that are said to be very durable, so if need be I can easily go that route and have a closer look at those products. I appreciate the input.
 
You'll need to keep it oiled or it will rust. Also the last thing to touch it should be a rag and not your fingers when putting it away. Otherwise the finger acids could form a "stain" of corrosion.

But you would not be the first to polish up steel like this. And with care and some due consideration it'll stay polished just fine. I've got all manner of shop made steel tools and other items that get nothing more than some oil applied now and then. And they look like new years later.

Oddly enough the shinier it is the less easy it is to keep it correctly oiled. WIth no surface texture there's nothing to hold the oil. So a nice but still slightly satin like sheen over a full on mirror gloss would be your better option.
 
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BTW, if anyone cares, I'm back, :)
 
You could get the front strap and back strap checkered (cocking trigger guard thingy too) and have the slide cross cut for a set of Novaks, do a trigger job and you'd be styling. Or maybe do something out of the ordinary, like have it rust blued.
 
If its plain carbon steel, a super easy way to prevent rust is plain ol' WD40. Just give it a little wipe now and then and it wont rust. It works on cast iron crank shafts so carbon steel should be a breeze
 
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Thanks for all of the ideas. I will try a few different things as times goes on and see how it goes. Not overly concerned about it, as I am sure there are a number of options that will work. Any other ideas, love to hear 'em. Plan "b" is send the entire unit to Cobra for some wild custom imaging. If I get tired of polishing and coating the polished stainless, off she goes.....
 
i polished the slide on my norco taco, looks great, wipe down with an oily rag before it goes into the cabinet...most times
and as a previos poster said finger prints can etch or stain the metal
good work!
i have the np 20? the same gun without the cocking device i bought it just to tinker with made a set of grips for it, moded the frame to make it more ergonomic, it's pretty accurate!
 
The work would likely cost more than the gun, but there are a few pistol smiths in Canada that are more than capable - Roger at Dark, Dlask, Gunnar at Armco are all equipped and capable, as for the blueing finishes, Barry at Bits of Pieces offers old style blueing (and is another guy who could do the work).
 
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