Posted: 12/9/2008 9:15:08 AM EDT
I just bought an unfired MKIV from a friend of mine. I took it out and shot 50rnds through it and now I know why I have always wanted a 1911. Anyway, I cleaned the pistol and that is when I aquired SSSS(stainless steel scratch syndrome). I now get to join that elite club, The Guys Who Scratched Up Their 1911's Trying To Install The Slide Stop Incorrectly. The scratch can't be felt with a finger and it amost dissapears when you turn the pistol a certain way into the light. Can it be buffed out? The first picture is taken on super-macro with lens almost touching the pistol.  
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It can buff out depending on how deep it is. You can also use 800 grit sand paper glued to a flat surface with double-sided tape. If you can't feel it with your finger, it's not very deep; IIRC, you can feel about a .0005" edge with your finger. I'd go with a piece of soft Scotchbrite pad first, using a tongue depressor as a flat/straight surface to hold it with. Go with the existing grain, and take it slowly, it will probably come out pretty quickly. |
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Yours isn't too bad. I've seen it come all the way down the frame, and also a half circle on the top of the slide as well when the person slipped and missed the plunger tube and ran it across the slide.
If you're still getting the hang of it, use a business card 
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