American Lawman, First Impressions

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Actually, the coating on the aluminum backspacer must be different, the chemical stripper had zero effect on it, so I had to resort to sanding. I did try to minimize how much material I removed.

The aluminum was hard anodized. It is actually a fairly good coating but being aluminum it won't much matter. It is just as immune to things as the G10. Personally I like the fresh bead blasted look of bare aluminum. Satin finish using a green Scotchbrite pad works well too though.