Euclidean said:
Then why pretell is it not used on say a Glock?
It requires a different set of cleaning products and you have to know what you're doing. I admit though I'd get a nickel finish if it was on the right gun...
Because its expensive to to do ...
Mostly because of all the EPA crap now a days the cost for a good nickel job has skyrocketed. So it isn't cost effective for the Makers to do anymore
plus Nickeling a glock is like putting ear rings on a pig
All you need to do on a nickel pistol is make sure there are no flaws and if so stay away from copper removing products because under the nickel the gun is copper coated if its a old school gun..
The new stuff I'm not sure how its done now if you have to worry about the same problem ...