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I want to coat a Kimber Montana in some to make it black has anybody here used used Robar's blackened stainless process on a rifle?
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No but it looks really good. Anything they do is good, I am more familiar with NP3. What do they charge for that?
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I haven't called them yet to see I'm sure it will be 250 buck or more
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Flat black spray paint........ Easy on, easy off, easy retouch. what I did on mine. Or you can go glossy. 
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Have it Nitrided (Melonite, Tenifer, etc)
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Have it Nitrided (Melonite, Tenifer, etc) Robar uses nitride for this process
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Industrial black chrome is just a step below melonite in durability and looks great over a bead blasted barrel or action. Just don't get the black nickle finish that some cal chrome it is not much harder than Cerakote.
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My Sako 85 has been “blackened.” It has some inconsistencies in its finish. Reckon why they were sold dirt cheap. I have one & I love it. Don’t care about its spots.
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I'm probably foolish to coat it at all but I do a lot of predator hunting in the winter and I can't help but thinking of my brother's stainless Ruger with their smooth stainless finish coming across the field on a moon lit night He looked like Obi-Wan Kenobi with a light saber. The Montana I bought is no where as shinny as the Ruger but I'll think it will get done anyway.
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Sounds like a fix searching for a problem. But I am me, and you are you. My stainless is back to stainless, but may not stay that way. Consistency is the mark of something or other....
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Industrial black chrome is just a step below melonite in durability and looks great over a bead blasted barrel or action. Just don't get the black nickle finish that some cal chrome it is not much harder than Cerakote. Who offers the industrial black chrome finish for firearms?
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Winchester tried some variety of black chrome to color the post 64 Mod 94 ductile iron receivers. It was not durable enough for them. Apparently scratch resistance was poor. FWIW this company does black chrome and darn near anything else you could want: http://www.techplate.com/firearms_pl.htmI have not used them. RAN
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why not just have it bead blasted and blued
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why not just have it bead blasted and blued Really?
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why not just have it bead blasted and blued Really? YES REALLY!! or just bead blast and have a matte stainless finish, or if you want a matte black finish then have it blued
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Bead blasting does give a nice textured finish for a hunting arm, imo.
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Bead blasting does give a nice textured finish for a hunting arm, imo. the bigger the grit glass beads less reflective the finish, I have 60 grit beads that give a sand blasted looks grayish but has a smooth feel unlike other abrasives
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