im about to give my rifle parts a coating of cerakote but i was wondering if it would be a good idea to put it around my barrels crown. I intended from the begining to put a rubber plug in the muzzle but now i am wondering if i should paint the crown at all or just leave it be. Thanks for any help.
Cerakote on muzzle crowns
- Thread starter Rock Knocker
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Larryh128 said:
+1 if it's not prepped it won't stick anyway and will come off the first shot. Make sure the plug is tight and prevents media from getting to the edge of the crown. On target guns it's better to plug and tape over during blasting then remove the tape and scuff with a scotch brite and acetone.
OK good to know thanks.
eddief
Silver $$ Contributor
Rock Knocker,
Plug your bore when you prep and coat. Use a cork or rubber plug that fits good. Cerakote wasn't meant for the inside of the bore or chamber.
I'm sorry but the advice you got wasn't good at all. If I had a rifle coated and it came back with paint in the muzzle end of my custom $350 bore because someone was too lazy to take an extra minute to plug it. I would be very upset and definitely not a repeat customer.
Plug your bore when you prep and coat. Use a cork or rubber plug that fits good. Cerakote wasn't meant for the inside of the bore or chamber.
I'm sorry but the advice you got wasn't good at all. If I had a rifle coated and it came back with paint in the muzzle end of my custom $350 bore because someone was too lazy to take an extra minute to plug it. I would be very upset and definitely not a repeat customer.
eddief,
He was given good advise. Yours is based on superstition not facts. Which do you think is worse, copper fouling or .0005" of un-adhered cerakote 1/16th of an inch into the crown?
Most customers would bitch because there was an uneven ring (no matter what you plug it with it will not be perfectly molded to the land/grooves) slightly detectable at the edge.
No one recommended not plugging it and (I said to tape over the plug) during prep.
He was given good advise. Yours is based on superstition not facts. Which do you think is worse, copper fouling or .0005" of un-adhered cerakote 1/16th of an inch into the crown?
Most customers would bitch because there was an uneven ring (no matter what you plug it with it will not be perfectly molded to the land/grooves) slightly detectable at the edge.
No one recommended not plugging it and (I said to tape over the plug) during prep.
I put a tapered wood plug in the barrel with tape around it.
This is on top of a case in the chamber with a wire through it going out through the dowel to a hanger I can hang it with in the oven.
Keeps the wire from damageing the crown and exessesive paint from going in the muzzle.
This is on top of a case in the chamber with a wire through it going out through the dowel to a hanger I can hang it with in the oven.
Keeps the wire from damageing the crown and exessesive paint from going in the muzzle.
eddief
Silver $$ Contributor
cerakoter said:
My advice is based on coating hundreds of rifles just in the last year for some of the most prestigious smiths and gun manufacturers in the country. So I would say facts rule in my favor period and maybe superstition on your half.
If you know how to plug a bore correctly you will not have any uneven ring as you call it, after coating. How I have I checked and verified this, through a optical comparator.
Listen to what Eddie Fosnaugh says - he knows what he's talking about and does an outstanding job on Cerakoting rifles for me!
You definitely need to plug the bore since the CeraKote will not shoot out easily, if at all. I've had two rifles in my shop recently that someone (not Eddie) had CeraKoted and got CeraKote in the bore.
One had just been done, but the other one had been shot quite a bit and the CeraKote was still there. The accuracy on both these rifles was poor, which was why they were sent to me. I had to pour a lead lap and lap the CeraKote out to save these barrels!!
Gordy Gritters
www.ExtremeAccuracyInstitute.com
You definitely need to plug the bore since the CeraKote will not shoot out easily, if at all. I've had two rifles in my shop recently that someone (not Eddie) had CeraKoted and got CeraKote in the bore.
One had just been done, but the other one had been shot quite a bit and the CeraKote was still there. The accuracy on both these rifles was poor, which was why they were sent to me. I had to pour a lead lap and lap the CeraKote out to save these barrels!!
Gordy Gritters
www.ExtremeAccuracyInstitute.com
I already have the barrel blugged from both ends and i was going to duct tape around the treads at the base of the barrel, Ive got nice high temp rubber plugs we use at work for plugging everything before powder coating and bakeing it. Im not worried about getting any inside, it was just the whole crown area i wasnt sure if i wanted to mess with at all.
eddief,
Are you saying that an un-adhered layer of cerakote .005" thick inside the barrel WILL make a detectable difference in accuracy, WILL NOT come off after the first shot?
I'm missing your point of argument I guess. We both agree on plugging during prep, but you have issue (called it lazy) with removing the plug to spray. My question is what is the issue other than you don't do it that way?
PS. I use SHERCON's neoprene plug kit that NIC does, what's your secret?
Are you saying that an un-adhered layer of cerakote .005" thick inside the barrel WILL make a detectable difference in accuracy, WILL NOT come off after the first shot?
I'm missing your point of argument I guess. We both agree on plugging during prep, but you have issue (called it lazy) with removing the plug to spray. My question is what is the issue other than you don't do it that way?
PS. I use SHERCON's neoprene plug kit that NIC does, what's your secret?
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