Re: New chrome slide do parts 110 and 194 come chr
JimBob said:
I'm jelous.
haha I am picking up my basically NIB 1st gen P3AT tomorrow morning, but it is the blued version. I am thinking I will have it Nickel plated by Jack. I was kind of curious what all is chromed from the factory myself. Wondering if all the same parts should be nickel'd as well..
I definitely like the factory chrome on all the parts I listed. In fact, I was surprised last night when I really examined my gun closely and found that the extractor spring, part 182, appears to be chromed (I've never pulled the extractor off, so I never really noticed the spring was chromed). Nice touch, Kel-Tec!
The only issue I've had is with the firing pin screw, part 174, getting some minor surface rust on the head because it is not HC.
But I'm guessing that's not something you want to have plated because I would imagine it would need to be removed to do so. And since that screw is set at the factory and the manual says not to mess with it, you wouldn't want to remove it. But if Jack has the expertise to remove it and then reinstall/re-adjust properly, then you might want to get that (or at least the head of it) plated as well. (Then again, perhaps the entire slide assembly is completely stripped to do the plating to begin with...so maybe you can get the firing pin screw plated as well without any issue.)
ClayMan