where to get a firearm nickel chrome plated?

It requires a business licensed to work on firearms... so the vast majority of commercial businesses are out... you need to contact licensed gunsmiths and find out who they may know...

I will add, electroless nickel plating is excellent for firearms. I had excellent results with that many years ago...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electroless_nickel_plating
 
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There's nickel plating, a 19th Century attempt at rust prevention technology, that doesn't work well. There's chrome plating that is tacky. Plus there's industrial hard chrome that is a great finish for a firearm. Nickel chrome is purely decorative and protects your firearm against nothing.
Like guntech says, you can't just pop into a metal finisher's like we could before the FA. And it'll cost more if the smithy(who'll likely send it out anyway) does the disassembly.
 
oldguner said:
I'm looking at getting a few firearms chromed out, could someone point m to a place where I can get that done? I'm from Alberta
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Contact user xtrail (may be spelled slightly different, can;t remember) on here. I believe works at a chrome shop and chromes Russian milsurps to sell on the forum. He also gold plates the triggers as well. I've seen SKS, SVT-40, and M38or M44's up in the milsurp section.
 
sunray said:
There's nickel plating, a 19th Century attempt at rust prevention technology, that doesn't work well.
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That statement is bullcrap at best.

Electroless nickel plating is excellent for firearms. It will help prevent rust very well. Before stainless actions were common, I used to have the action/bolt done, install a stainless barrel and they stood up well for many years.
 
I actually bought two of his rifles and he says has no more, and doesn't work at the shop anymore. He sure did good work though, I posted the question because I want more of these.
 
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