Excellent P7M13 with some rust (evidence locker gun)...Refinish opinions

[Greg Bell]

Hey guys

I have a P7m13 I got for a sane price a few years back because it has some surface corrosion resulting from it siting in a police evidence locker for many years. Hopefully the weird rust isn't from blood, lol. But naw, I think cops played with it for years and nobody ever oiled it. Anyway, what do y'all think I should do....


1. Try and get it reblued? This is ok but the old early 90s HKs have a lot of neat silvering around the proof marks that will be lost. I don't know anyone who can perfectly reproduce the factory look. I would do this if I could.

2. Hard Chrome. Full Hans Gruber. I had a Nickel M8 back in the 90s but I never liked that finish because it peeled a lot.

3. Some other finish? Suggestions..

4. Let it rust


Any and all suggestions welcome. However, remember that this gun is kind of weird so this isn't something I can just send to any Johnny Paintbooth gun refinisher.

[Jason M]

The new NP3 from Wright Armory. NT7.

[TGS]

Either Wright NT7 or Ionbond/Decobond DLC.

That gun is worth the cost of those finishes. I have the "old" NP3 on a revolver and it is outstanding, while my duty gun has Ionbond DLC which is also outstanding.

Congrats on the M13! That's a superb P7 variant, I only ever had a PSP.

[WobblyPossum]

I also vote NP3 or equivalent. The satin grey look would work well with a P7.

[BillSWPA]

Either Wright NT7 or Ionbond/Decobond DLC.

That gun is worth the cost of those finishes. I have the "old" NP3 on a revolver and it is outstanding, while my duty gun has Ionbond DLC which is also outstanding.

Congrats on the M13! That's a superb P7 variant, I only ever had a PSP.

I will add my vote to the above.

[JSGlock34]

Hard chrome.

[Clusterfrack]

Nitride?

[farscott]

If it is just surface corrosion and there is no pitting, a coating like IonBond/DLC or NT7 would be suitable. Hard chrome would be suitable, but the number of applicators keeps shrinking. Chris Peters has passed, and he was the only hard chrome applicator i would trust with a P7. If the rust has resulted in pitting, those finishes can be used, but the pits need to be removed.

Since the P7 series run very warm due to the gas-delayed blowback and any lube around the gas piston gets turned into carbon deposits, I would opt for NT7. I had a pair of NP3-coated P7M8s that I carried in the middle and late 1990s and the finish made cleaning a snap.

[CSW]

Hey guys

I have a P7m13 I got for a sane price a few years back because it has some surface corrosion resulting from it siting in a police evidence locker for many years. Hopefully the weird rust isn't from blood, lol. But naw, I think cops played with it for years and nobody ever oiled it. Anyway, what do y'all think I should do....


1. Try and get it reblued? This is ok but the old early 90s HKs have a lot of neat silvering around the proof marks that will be lost. I don't know anyone who can perfectly reproduce the factory look. I would do this if I could.

2. Hard Chrome. Full Hans Gruber. I had a Nickel M8 back in the 90s but I never liked that finish because it peeled a lot.

3. Some other finish? Suggestions..

4. Let it rust




Any and all suggestions welcome. However, remember that this gun is kind of weird so this isn't something I can just send to any Johnny Paintbooth gun refinisher.

Definitely hard chrome.

[GJM]

Robar put NP3 on my wife's P7M8. Came out great.