Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2005/10/13

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Subject: [Leica] Chromed M4
From: douglas.sharp at gmx.de (Douglas Sharp)
Date: Thu Oct 13 04:26:20 2005
References: <143.4f3dccc2.307f9b62@aol.com>

That looks pretty awful,
I wonder how bad it looked before it got electroplated, the dents look 
as if they're pre-chrome.
Douglas

SonC@aol.com wrote:

>In a message dated 10/12/2005 10:31:08 P.M. Central Daylight Time,  
>jbcollier@shaw.ca writes:
>I don't understand your question. The M4 was  available in commonly in  
>a matt silver chrome finish, rarely in a  black paint finish and the  
>last ones were produced with a black chrome  finish. I have seen one  
>matt silver chrome finish that had been  polished but that was ugly  
>beyond belief.
>
>John Collier
> 
>
>He was probably talking about  this:
>
>http://tinyurl.com/bbfl4
>
>
>On 12-Oct-05, at 1:12 PM, Lew  wrote:
>
>  
>
>>I'm looking at a 'factory chromed' M4. I've never heard of  this  
>>before. Are there an drawbacks other than  appearance?
>>    
>>
>
>
>Regards,  
>Sonny
>http://www.sonc.com
>Natchitoches, Louisiana
>Oldest continuous  settlement in La Louisiane
>?galit?, libert?, crawfish
>
>
>
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Replies: Reply from jbcollier at shaw.ca (John Collier) ([Leica] Chromed M4)
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