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Post by leftysixgun on Mar 29, 2021 10:11:59 GMT -5
Who do you guys know that can blacken stainless parts? Kinda like bluing carbon steel. Is the blackening method durable?
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450ak
.30 Stingray
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Post by 450ak on Mar 29, 2021 11:45:45 GMT -5
Melonite works fairly well I’ve heard
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rWt
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Post by rWt on Apr 3, 2021 6:36:31 GMT -5
Ion Bond
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Post by bula on Apr 3, 2021 7:49:33 GMT -5
Interesting. I've been razzed for camo taping a S.S. hunting revolver before. I grew up bowhunting. Hard for me to believe Ruger hasn't made much more use of their Target Gray finish which should have been called field gray.
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Post by leadhound on Apr 3, 2021 8:17:19 GMT -5
Interesting. I've been razzed for camo taping a S.S. hunting revolver before. I grew up bowhunting. Hard for me to believe Ruger hasn't made much more use of their Target Gray finish which should have been called field gray. Wasn't this just the result of tumbling the stainless parts? |
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Post by bullseye on Apr 3, 2021 8:20:13 GMT -5
Rust-Oleum...  |
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Post by leadhound on Apr 3, 2021 8:23:49 GMT -5
Rust-Oleum... Easy to freshen up and easy to remove! |
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Post by bula on Apr 3, 2021 15:05:40 GMT -5
LeadHoud, was thinking it was a bead blast thing. I do not know for sure.
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nicholst55
.375 Atomic
Retired, twice.
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Post by nicholst55 on Apr 3, 2021 17:54:58 GMT -5
Bobby Tyler; Tyler Gun Works.
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Post by Stump Buster on Apr 3, 2021 22:06:38 GMT -5
As mentioned above, DLC/Ionbond and/or Bobby Tyler can probably take care of you.
Wright Armory is the new provider for the old "Robar" surface treatments and they offer blackened stainless as well.
Not sure which one would be the most durable, but I've heard good things about DLC/Ionbond in the knife industry.
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Post by bradshaw on Apr 5, 2021 11:56:34 GMT -5
Who do you guys know that can blacken stainless parts? Kinda like bluing carbon steel. Is the blackening method durable? ***** SIG/Sauer commended manufacture of slides for the P-229 .357 SIG/.40 S&W in Exeter, New Hampshire, machining the part in stainless. The slide was blackened by some process which impregnates or stains the steel; it is not a coating. Over time from holster wear, the finish turns a dark silver-gray, continuing to mute the gun in low light. It appears the same finish was applied to the also-superbly accurate & reliable single stack P-239 9mm Luger. Whatever finish employed by SIG/Sauer Exeter NH, it imparts no thickness. Find out what SIG in Exeter NH uses, you may have an answer. David Bradshaw |
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Post by richard on Apr 5, 2021 12:21:57 GMT -5
Interesting. I've been razzed for camo taping a S.S. hunting revolver before. I grew up bowhunting. Hard for me to believe Ruger hasn't made much more use of their Target Gray finish which should have been called field gray. I think Ruger is missing an opportunity to make SS Bisley with a dovetail “fixed” rear sight, interchangeable front sight from the Redhawk, all done up in Target Gray and call it the “Gray Hawk”. |
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WARDOG
.30 Stingray
Retired.....mostly.
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Post by WARDOG on Apr 6, 2021 7:32:42 GMT -5
I personally liked the gray 'Target finish' on some of the SRH's. But as I understand, it was not a coating but a process in the heat treatment that was discovered by accident.
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