Arma coat vs cerakote

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I have an old 30-06 rem 700 bdl that needs some TLC. I bought it for 300 bucks a few weeks ago. I ordered a plain Jane remington walnut stock from numerich last week. The metal had some light surface rust and has some very minor pitting on the barrel. I think sand blasting will clean it up and hide the pits.
Now I want to have the metal refinished, so now it's time to decide on arma coat or cerakote.
I have absolutely no experience with either one, as far as that goes I've never even had one that's been coated in my hands for a good look.
If any of you have any thoughts or tips that you can share with me it would be very much appreciated.
Thank you
 
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I have some experience with GunKote which when baked on is a very durable finish, but I think CeraKote is just a little better. I haven't seen an Armacoated firearm, so I can't comment on it. Following is a link to Youtube, Military Arms Channel did a video on an AR-15 that had CeraKote applied to it, lots of good information, and seeing is believing. Since the job will cost you about $300+, you might as well have the best finish you can get for your money.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1Z_Zv2ue-w
 
I had a Browning Auto-5 Arma-Coated and have used it heavily over the past two waterfowl seasons. In two years I've yet to scratch it even after a 3 foot fall onto rocks (my arm and jacket didn't fare as well). I wanted a durable finish that was also "flat" (no reflection). Arma-Coat has met my expectations so far. Murdoc's company is also great to deal with.

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Well I've decided to let a coin toss decide this one I'm shipping it out to arma coat in the morning. I'll post a picture and some thoughts when it gets it back.
 
Its all in the prep and application. Any of the major products will do well. Some will do the job with a very thin coating which is nice if fitting parts with close tolerances. The guys who do the armacoating have been at it for a while, they will do a fantastic job. Just as an FYI, large pits can be filled in with epoxy before finishing if need be. No reason your firearm won't look completely new. Please post some before and afters to this thread, always nice to see a well worn firearm come back to life...UNLESS it is an all original milsurp lol.
 
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