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If it's being done for weather protection I recommend the rifle be done inside and out. Everything but the chamber and bore. Make sure you ask because it is very common for guys to skip some of internals. Don't forget your sling swivels and studs.

http://www.fosnaughcustoms.com/


Check out the pictures of his work. His attention to detail is second to none. He is also a pro at glass bedding as well...

We coat a lot of shotguns that are hunted in salt water. Being fully coated is required to protect the metal as much as possible. On a Remington 1100 even the staked in shell latch is removed, coated and restaked in place. We use the same level of care for all firearms. The chamber and muzzle are plugged and the action is prepped and coated inside and out. Stripped to individual parts and everything is done separately. Screws, pins, some springs, c-clips, bolt lugs, bolt face, firing pin, cocking piece extractor, ejector plunger, etc. The lug recesses are only done directly if the barrel is removed. On revolvers and semi autos even the trigger sears are done. I don't split Remington and some other triggers for coating. They hardly work as is. Other makes the trigger parts are done. Coil springs can't be blasted very well or it changes their spring rate. We can lightly blast and then Microslick those if it is for an extreme application. Not all applicators do this. This is how we were factory trained.

Birdsong is the only product that refuses to be independently tested. What specifications they do give it is about 1/10th the coating durability of the ceramic based Cerakote.

Thanks. At risk of sounding like I want to make a silk-purse out of a sow's ear, I have an H&R Handi in 44 mag that I have become attached to and would like coated. This is exactly what I was looking for.

Myore on here does cerakote as well and does a great job. He moved up to your neck of the woods recently.

http://www.sawtoothrifles.com/

From sawtooth's website "In an effort to keep up with our rifle building demands, we will not be accepting Cerakote refinishing work for an indefinite
time.."

From sawtooth's website "In an effort to keep up with our rifle building demands, we will not be accepting Cerakote refinishing work for an indefinite
time.."

From sawtooth's website "In an effort to keep up with our rifle building demands, we will not be accepting Cerakote refinishing work for an indefinite
time.."

Sounds cool. I wish I had better pics to show you of the midnight blue cerakote I just had done. The pics I have are not very good and don't represent my smiths work. He charges $150.00 for a complete barreled action. He also cerakoted a couple extra parts for me free of charge. I have his information if you want it. Here's his facebook, you can look at some pictures of the work he's done:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/Smiths-Custom-Coatings/500147146675090

Midnight blue he just did for me. He also did the bolt jeweling:

I would like to get this done to my CZ 550. Really like the looks of that jeweled bolt with the extractor being coated, offsets the rig a bit. Is there a color that closely matches the target gray Ruger uses on their target model rifles? Still doing a bit of research on colors and looking at different color schemes.

Ok maybe Sniper Grey is along the lines of what I am interested in, really like the darker greys. Have a PM to Smiths and will see if he can offer up some sample pics as well.

Also Karl Feldcamp. Here is some work he did for me a couple of years ago.

http://www.24hourcampfire.com/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php/topics/7134209/My_updated_Rem700#Post7134209





-Doug

This is about the best I can do right now. In person the color difference doesn't look as extreme as in the pic: