Barrel finish

[KDX]

Do you leave your barrel stainless or get it bead blasted? Does it matter?

 

[ultimate_monkey]

when it comes to finish its personal preferance...

personally i dont care if my barrel is blued, stainless , or black. as long as it shoots. a cericote (sp? ) barrel wont shoot better then a stainless

 

[Longshot]

I duracoat mine to the color of the day.

 

[maynard]

I have my SS barrels bead blasted to reduce reflection. I have a couple that are not bead blasted so I use a strip of black hockey tape along the top of the barrel.

 

[timmy204]

Shiny! so it looks like chrome. Then if you scratch it, just buff it out.

 

[pinkmoon]

It is all in the eye of the beholder...I like the shiny stainless look

 

[cody c]

I think for performance wise whatever finish helps exchange heat the best, so I would guess fluted bare steel bead blasted for the most surface area. Mine however is more like a polished finish with the fluting powder coated black, so Im not 100% about performance I suppose.

 

[GunBoy]

I bee blasted mine then dip it in Phosphor tank if Moly steel, 1/2 hour turn Dark grey-black color, very nice finish.
if stainless just bee blasted will give a more dull stainless color, very nice also.

 

[Obtunded]

Bee blasting. Hmmm I'll have to try that. I have been using big hairy spiders and the results have not been that good.

 

[GunBoy]

All these years, You been doing it all wrong that why.

 

[sunray]

"...leave your barrel stainless..." It'll always be SS. Bead blasting will cut the glare though.
"...Bee blasting..." Done with honey. snicker.