Canik T100 Barrel - Polishing

[catalina]

I am going to polish the feed ramp on my T100 pistol, and thought about also removing the blue on the barrel and polishing the whole thing.  I prefer the chromed look of a barrel such as on my CZ75.
I have seen articles and videos on different ways of doing this.  Has anyone done this yet?  Is the barrel blackened chrome or will be exposing bare steel - and have rust issues - if I remove the finish?

[jwc007]

Is the barrel blackened chrome or will be exposing bare steel - and have rust issues - if I remove the finish?

Bare Steel.  Just keep it greased.

[henehcuhp]

Use 320 grit sandpaper to get the paint off. You can go to 220, but it will be harder to get scratches out of the metal.

At 320-400 or so, you can use polishing compound to get pretty shiny. I did latter half of the barrel and the visible part of the chamber (ejection port) as soon as I got the my Canik, because a CZ design with a black ejection port just looked wrong, more than anything.

[slickab]

It is your pistol, do what you want.
Personally, I would leave well enough alone.
When you remove the finish from the barrel, you reduce the diameter
and create a looser barrel to slide fit, thereby reducing accuracy.
My C-100 is very accurate and I would do nothing to reduce that.
I shot one 5 shot group into 4 inches at 50 yards last week, from
a sandbag rest. The bullseye was in the center of the group. This
was my best group ever with this pistol, however it is one of the
most accurate pistols I have ever shot!



RUST NEVER SLEEPS.....Neil Young

[catalina]

Thanks for all of the feedback.  Leaning towards leaving it as is.  I recently purchased a can of Mothers Mag Wheel Polish (I could never find Flitz).  Got great results on a couple of stainless guns and I guess I was getting carried away......