Need Help - Custom work on a Norinco Nickel Plated .45

[Mykhaylo]

Hey everyone....need help on some custom work for a Nickel Plated Norinco .45...

I would like to have my hammer, safety, barrel bushing, etc. gold plated, without breaking the bank.

I am also looking for nice faux pearl grips, that look similar to the ones on the Taurus in the pics below.

I would also order the parts, but Taurus are the only ones I've seen, and based on the other things I've read on the forums, I will have no chasnce of getting anything from them


Here is what I am trying to accomplish...

(PS - I don't really care about your opinion of this look, so please keep the posts relevant to what I am asking...

Any help on this (gunsmith or parts supplier is greatly apprectiated.

As well - I'll see if I can trade my GI style Nickel slide for one that is the new style (nickel plated) or possibly have my old one reworked, but then I think the nickel finish might have to be redone, and as I said, I'm not looking to break the bank, please advise if this is horribly expensive or not.

 

[NAA]

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[Halger280HVMag]

Just a hint.
Keep your ad for the EE.

Posting it here will get you an infraction.

Hey everyone....need help on some custom work for a Nickel Plated Norinco .45...

I would like to have my hammer, safety, barrel bushing, etc. gold plated, without breaking the bank.

I am also looking for nice faux pearl grips, that look similar to the ones on the Taurus in the pics below.

I would also order the parts, but Taurus are the only ones I've seen, and based on the other things I've read on the forums, I will have no chasnce of getting anything from them


Here is what I am trying to accomplish...

(PS - I don't really care about your opinion of this look, so please keep the posts relevant to what I am asking...

Any help on this (gunsmith or parts supplier is greatly apprectiated.

As well - I am looking to trade my GI style Nickel slide for one that is the new style (nickel plated) on the new Norinco Hi-caps at Marstar, if you're interested, let me know - or ....if anyone is selling one like this, I'd also go that route....(last pic is the new Norinco at Marstar)

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/Mykhaylo1/pix104400296.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/Mykhaylo1/pix104400234.jpg

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/Mykhaylo1/pix104400171.jpg

HERE'S THE SLIDE I AM LOOKING TO TRADE FOR...(MINE HAS THE VERTICAL SERRATIONS ON THE SLIDE INSTEAD OF THE SLANTED ONES)
http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f2/Mykhaylo1/NP30N-450px.jpg

 

[hatman1793]

Red Steel cannot be changed.

Gold plating or any other precious metal will not stick, adhere, or plate to Chi-com steel. It just won't stick. It peels.
Seems that the so-called Chi-com steel, [if it's really steel, more like zinc coated brass] has obstinate West-hating ingredients added to the recycled Cuba-com junk cars and Venezulian West-hating iron ore in the mix. Even electro-plating it will turn it red.
Try keeping it in a vat of 90% road salt and water for four weeks.