I picked up a nice West German P220 yesterday at a local gun show has KE date code, it did not come with box and papers. Anybody know what type of finish is this?? any info would be appreciated.

Does not look Ni to me. More like Cerakote or something equivalent.

Here is a factory Ni P220, KB (1991) date code.

Another factory Ni P220, from 1998.

Either Mahovsky Metalife or Norrell's Teflon Moly. I'm leaning towards the later, having examples of both

Looks like matte hard chrome to me. I have a AP&W 228 from circa 1996 that looks just like it.

silver Teflon Moly

Very nice!

Going to go with hard chrome on this one. Nice P220!!

The mag in PGT's pic looks more like yours. My HC mag has a semi-polished look. My mag looks like the barrel hood in the original pic.

Thanks for all the reply's, see pic of the inside of the forward frame unfinished area here, maybe this will help to determine the finish.

I don’t know enough about how NP3 is applied. I’d think hard chrome wouldn’t have the bare spot inside the hood of the slide, whereas NP3 might.

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Originally posted by striker1:
I don’t know enough about how NP3 is applied. I’d think hard chrome wouldn’t have the bare spot inside the hood of the slide, whereas NP3 might.

Robar strips off the anodization, before doing their NP3. Yes, they do. So, it is extremely unlikely that they would leave bare aluminum anywhere on the gun.

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Originally posted by 12131:

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Originally posted by striker1:
I don’t know enough about how NP3 is applied. I’d think hard chrome wouldn’t have the bare spot inside the hood of the slide, whereas NP3 might.

Robar strips off the anodization, before doing their NP3. Yes, they do. So, it is extremely unlikely that they would leave bare aluminum anywhere on the gun.

Thank Q!

looks exactly like my Hard Chrome 220 done by Accurate weapon and plating aka Cogan.

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Originally posted by mew:
looks exactly like my Hard Chrome 220 done by Accurate weapon and plating aka Cogan.

Thanks for the info, so the inside of your frame looks just like mine too?

yep, exactly