Show off your refinished CZ-82

[Hayfield123]

I didn't refinish it yet, but I did add some nice wood grips and a Beretta 92 rubber mag plate.

[towboater]

I can see em....looks great.

Nice grips. Did they fit well?

[fullerb1]

Thanks Moose.

[BigK]

I had originally stripped mine with Jasco and a wire wheel then cold-blued it a year or so ago. It looked better, but the Marschal grips looked like lipstick on a pig. So, I went with a 2-tone Cerakote finish and some Beretta mag bases. It's now the prettiest gun I own.

[Hayfield123]

BigK, that is really nice!  Great job!

[Moose458]

Finally got mine back from Mac's Restorations, done in OD green with black trim.  I have another set of grips ordered from Marschal to match.

[towboater]

Moose....they look great. bet their a ball to shoot.

[readingbill]

Mine is hard-chromed from Mahovsky Metalife with carbon fiber and kevlar grips from Designer Grips.

[Danno]

oh man.....these are wonderful. What my 82 wants to be when it gets a nip and tuck!! I am really taken with the two-tone look. No, wait....the hard chrome.

At least I am comforted that while mine still looks pretty good even though it has a few dings and scuffs, it still performs beautifully.

Danno

[towboater]

Love the chrome. About how much that cost ya?

[readingbill]

It was $155.  It's a great deal on hard-chrome, and the finish looks much better than the photo.

http://www.mahovskysmetalife.com/PriceSheet%20Page%205.htm

The turnaround was 28 days.  I sent it in last January and got it back within the month.

[BigK]

The chrome looks great!

does it hold up like a Nickel finish would or is it more like a coating?

[readingbill]

It's tougher than nickel, and it's not a coating. It's a plating process.

Here's the description from the site:

http://www.mahovskysmetalife.com/Metalife%20Finish%20Page%202.htm

The Metalife finish, otherwise known as SS Chromium M, is our most durable finish. Metalife looks like stainless steel, but has a hardness of about 71 on the Rockwell "C" Scale, which is even harder than stainless steel. It is guaranteed not to chip, crack or peel when applied to metal in good condition, and it is highly rust resistant and holster-wear resistant. It requires reasonable care and is guaranteed for the life of your piece.

Also, the Metalife has a maximum build up of only .0002. This means it will not affect the tolerances of even the finest fitted parts. Unlike some platings which coat the metal, the Metalife plating process fills the pores of the base material to form a molecular bond.

We recommend Metalife on guns that are in excellent condition and free from pits. Pitted pieces can only be polished to a certain degree without changing the contour. Also, pits have a way of cratering metal, making it nearly impossible to process down deep inside of them.

Metalife is successfully applied to aluminum frame automatics as well as steel. When we receive an aluminum piece, we must first apply a plating of our high phosphorous electroless nickel. The Metalife process is then applied over the nickel giving the piece the ultimate in durability.

[Moose458]

With all the CZ-82s out there surely more of you have refinished yours.  Show them off.......

[Moose458]

A bump to keep this going.