All Weather metal finish?

Charlie38

Charlie38

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Just wondering what type of metal finishes there are out there to get my gun coated in. I love my steel receiver BLR 81 in 358 Win and will never sell her and want to get her coated to get the best rust protection I can. I pack it in the mountains here and it can go from sun to snow in minutes.
Also roughly how much would it cost and who in Canada does this work?

Thanks
 
Black Teflon coating. Corlanes did mine, price see their web page. 10 years plus on the rifle and still great. As close to stainless as you'll get with chrome moly. Remember, you bore still needs attention from time to time.
 
elkhuntr said:
Black Teflon coating. Corlanes did mine, price see their web page. 10 years plus on the rifle and still great. As close to stainless as you'll get with chrome moly. Remember, you bore still needs attention from time to time.
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I still prefer this to anything. They apply it well and it looks fantastic.
 
elkhuntr said:
Black Teflon coating. Corlanes did mine, price see their web page. 10 years plus on the rifle and still great. As close to stainless as you'll get with chrome moly. Remember, you bore still needs attention from time to time.
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X2. KG coating is also great, for the ultimate elements protection any of those over beadblasting and parkerazing like some of my rifles are will give you peace of mind.
 
I have a rifle that was teflon coated by Corlane several years ago. I like it, but when I went back to them with another project a number of years later, they suggested a powder coat, and claimed it was 10x as tough as the teflon. They sent sample color plates, and I went with the powder coat ... so far so good, and it seems to be more durable than the teflon.
 
Cerakote and gunkote have the advantage over Teflon and powder coating in that they are very thin, 0.35 mil or around one third of a thousandth of a inch, and you can coat absolutely everything but the chamber and bore.
 
Are you looking for a coloured coating, or a clear coating?

DGS has excellent corrosion protection, and you can easily apply it yourself at home. The cost would be around $10 plus shipping for the product, as opposed to several hundred for other coatings. This is a clear coating, though. If you're after a coloured coating, you'll have to go with something like Cerakote, Teflon, or Durakote.
 
'brushed stainless' gunkote showing how thin it goes on

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flat black gunkote mixed with satin gunkote and gunmetal blue gunkote

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graphite black cerakote mixed to what they call 'satin' (18:1)

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Graphite Black cerakote mixed 12:1 (flat/matte)

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That Cerakote looks really good. RGV - did you apply that yourself? What are the advantages/disadvantages between teflon coating and cerakote?
 
I have had powder coat and Teflon from corlanes, aswell as gunkote, and armacoat.
Powder coat looks like thick paint, the Teflon looks better but isn't as durable. As mentioned, both add noticable dimension. Gunkote goes on thinner, so you can use it in the tighter tolernce areas, and comes in more colors. Armacoat comes in a bunch of colors aswell, I use it on all my Fiberglas stocks, but I haven't used it on metal so I can't comment on its durability.

My choice from the above for metal parts is easily gunkote. I would like to try cerakote, but haven't yet.
 
double gun - tell us about gunkote. Is it difficult to apply? How is it for scratch resistance? Can/do you dip parts into it or is it spray on? How does it affect the smoothness of the bolt, especially if you do the lugs and raceways?
 
I'm a fan of teflon on close tolerance parts but much prefer powder coat for barrels and other exterior parts.
 
1899 said:
double gun - tell us about gunkote. Is it difficult to apply? How is it for scratch resistance? Can/do you dip parts into it or is it spray on? How does it affect the smoothness of the bolt, especially if you do the lugs and raceways?
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It's as easy as any of the spray and bake finishes. You clean/degrease the parts, blast them with a media like aluminum oxide, warm the parts, spray it on and bake it. It is extremely thin, so the coating doesn't change the smoothness much. I use it on the entire action, inside and out. However I don't blast the lugs mating surfaces. I just degrease them well and spray them lightly.

There are several other guys on here with much more experience using gunkote than me. RGV, Brno 284, striker to name a few.
 
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