Ruger Old Army 44 cal revolver

[Abasmajor]

Mine carries a few grip marks.
I'd like to carefully sand and polish them out.
Are these guns plated or can I just get stuck in with very fine emery cloth and polishing compound?

Hi,

The Ruger Old Army is solid stainless steel and not plated, so polish away with care obviously.

Brian

[MrChipShoulder]

Hi,

The Ruger Old Army is solid stainless steel and not plated, so polish away with care obviously.

Brian

Just stripped down the gun and got stuck in.
Got all the marks and scratches out with 320 emery paper.
Then went onto W&D paper, down to 2000.
MicroMesh down to 8000.
Then polished with Autosol.

I resisted the urge to cut or buff on a wheel and stuck to hand work only with sanding block and fingers.
I must say this stainless steel is very hard and even the shallowest scratches needed quite a bit of effort.
Took 4 hours to work over the whole frame.
The gun now looks very nice indeed with no obvious marks, just a nice shiny clean revolver

Thanks for the advice.