Nickel or highly polished? What are my options?

[Guest zw99gt]

I've owned 5 Glocks (3 currently) and I love them and will always have at least a couple. Happy with everything about them but ready for something new. So what are my options for a highly polished mirror finish medium to full size auto similarly priced to a glock? No real preference in caliber 9mm or bigger, but if it's a large frame I'd prefer a .45/10mm.

Thanks! P.s. I have a glock 21sf that I plan to keep forever so something a tad smaller and easier to carry would be perfect.

[nightrunner]

Is a polymer frame ok or do you want a metal frame?

[xRUSTYx]

likely gonna be looking towards Sigs or 1911's .... If you only care about the slide, you can nickel plate one of your current glock slides

[Guest zw99gt]

I'm more into the whole polished look. I guess it's a 1911 I'm after, but wanted to know if there was something else out there I'm not aware of that could be had for 500ish used.

[nightrunner]

Probably not gonna be in your price range but your lookin at a 1911, hi power, sig-sauer, 3rd gen s&w, desert eagle, beretta 92, walther ppk.

Then of course the saturday night specials, raven, jennings,bryco, etc.

[xRUSTYx]

do you like wheel guns? jframes come pretty cheap (less than $400 new) or you can find some decent used S&W revolvers that you can polish up

[VERO1]

I have seen some of the Phillipene produced 1911's in nickle for around $500. Metro Arms maybe? Looked nice, don't know how the finish will wear though.

[JC57]

You are probably thinking of the American Classic line of 1911s made by MetroArms which are available in a hard-chrome finish, which is shiny but not really mirrored. I saw one at a gun show and it was a very nice finish. They run about $600-ish in that finish, about $100 less in blue. Here's one of those: Trophy Model

They seem to sell out of the hard chrome ones pretty fast - there was a shipment of several models of the hard chrome ACs in around the end of December but those all seem to have sold (at least those that were available through GunGenie.com)

[seez52]

Purdiest pistol I ever saw was a 4" Colt Python with Nickel finish. Was a Colt Custom shop special. Trigger was as smooth as room temperature butter. Always wished I had bought it.

[Guest Gutshot55]

Find ya a fair stainless anything, then some GOOD buffer wheels & GOOD, progressive step buffing and you will have a mirror, eventually. At least 1/2 hp motor, or you'll end up burning it up prolly.....

Love to show ya my Ruger MARK III polished out... nice. I like shiney.

[Guest tnxdshooter]

Personally,

I would go with a polished hard chrome. It gives better scratch and rust resistance than nickel.