i am keeping the gun, my neighbor has several guns he has coated, don't know exactly what type of coating, he said something about duracoat or ceracoat but he has to bake them. i didn't know he even did this, he showed me his guns they look nice. if it don't hold i'm sending my cylinder to be re done. my frame is in great shape so i'm not gonna mess with it. thanks
good coating??
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ivankerley
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cool, just remember some people actually antique a gun, take it back to 'white' then start the process of bluing/browning etc. to get a nifty vintage look, i know its not for everybody but if done right dont hurt the function, purely aesthetic
if yer worried about rust and whatnot getcha blackpowder shootin iron for some real heart stopping possibilities for rust
had it happen myself the very first time i cleaned my perfect uberti 1860, learned my lesson, got over it and moved on. stuff happens its a tool its gonna get dings and scratches and some ugly spots, for me its part of the whole experience
Hope this works out for ya
Gene
if yer worried about rust and whatnot getcha blackpowder shootin iron for some real heart stopping possibilities for rust
had it happen myself the very first time i cleaned my perfect uberti 1860, learned my lesson, got over it and moved on. stuff happens its a tool its gonna get dings and scratches and some ugly spots, for me its part of the whole experience
Hope this works out for ya
Gene
i got my cylinder back, it looks great and i will post a pic soon. seems to be a very hard coating of some sort, all he had was flat black but it looks ok. i like it, and also i wanted to update that i called ruger, they won't blue my cylinder or gun or nothing. they only service current models. i called twice and talked to two different people and got the same answer. they also told me that i could send the whole gun in and get a gp100 or sp101 at a discounted price. looks like if this coating doesn't hold i'll be sending my cylinder to someone who can do it at a fair price. thanks and pics to come soon.
Jim Watson
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I have just been going through a similar decision process, but in the other direction... so far.
I dug the last two guns exposed to smoke and water back in 2010 out of their oil filled baggies. Sig Sauers, a P220 and a P225. I took them apart, cleaned out the soot, old fouling, and dirty oil, gave them clean lube and put them back together. They shoot just fine.
The "up side" of the slide and trigger have a very mottled appearance, I guess from dirty fire hose water dripping on them. The steel parts on the down side, the decocking lever, takedown lever, and slide stop, are unmarred and the anodized aluminum receiver unaffected anywhere.
Oxpho Blue nicely blackened a couple of old scratches, but did not affect the mottled areas at all.
So, I can either have the slides and triggers refinished or I can just leave them as is. I have already been shooting a Plastic M&P with nearly as damaged finish, so I am not wedded to the notion of perfectly finished guns. And I just hate the idea of having to take those things apart again. "Modern" pistols may be simpler to field strip than the good old 1911, but they can be a bear to completely disassemble, and really tedious to reassemble.
I dug the last two guns exposed to smoke and water back in 2010 out of their oil filled baggies. Sig Sauers, a P220 and a P225. I took them apart, cleaned out the soot, old fouling, and dirty oil, gave them clean lube and put them back together. They shoot just fine.
The "up side" of the slide and trigger have a very mottled appearance, I guess from dirty fire hose water dripping on them. The steel parts on the down side, the decocking lever, takedown lever, and slide stop, are unmarred and the anodized aluminum receiver unaffected anywhere.
Oxpho Blue nicely blackened a couple of old scratches, but did not affect the mottled areas at all.
So, I can either have the slides and triggers refinished or I can just leave them as is. I have already been shooting a Plastic M&P with nearly as damaged finish, so I am not wedded to the notion of perfectly finished guns. And I just hate the idea of having to take those things apart again. "Modern" pistols may be simpler to field strip than the good old 1911, but they can be a bear to completely disassemble, and really tedious to reassemble.
ivankerley
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glad it worked out for ya, I'm sure ya could find a reputable guy to reblue it if the dura coat doesn't work for ya
look forward to seeing Picts
gene
look forward to seeing Picts
gene
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JeeperCreeper
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That's some nice metamucil!!! I tease, I tease.... The cylinder looks good. It might have a really cool look with the two tone color of a black cylinder on blued frame! Post a picture of it all assembled when you can. I'm excited to see it
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