Ceramic Coating Rifle Barrels

Granted cerakote isn t made of shellac so it s not exactly the same thing but it does serve a similar role.

Ceramic coating rifle barrels.

Cerakote finish is a type of durable gun coating. The enormous forces that build up in rifle barrels cause severe wear to lands and grooves. Unfortunately it has a weak tensile strength. These norma test photos show wear after 10 000 shots with norma diamond line bana after 3 700 shots with uncoated bullets and after 7 000 shots with diamond line fält.

The tenifer coating receives a parkerized finish upon completion. This state of the art coating technology out performs any competitive coating in both laboratory settings and real world applications. Available in a wide selection of colors let the barrel outlet transform your firearm with professionally. Austrian firearms manufacturer glock ges m b h uses the tenifer process on the slides and barrels of its handguns.

The unique formulation used for cerakote ceramic coating enhances a number of physical performance properties including abrasion wear resistance corrosion resistance chemical resistance impact strength and hardness. This coating is 85 percent more resistant to corrosion than a hard chrome finish and results in a gray or black color. Cerakote is a global leader in the manufacturing of thin film protective ceramic coatings. Here is a close up of the throat wear in three different 6 5 55 barrels.

However when applied as a coating to the bore of conventional steel barrels we can obtain the benefits of ceramics without the disadvantages. Browse our gallery locate a certified applicator or contact us about your coating needs. Cerakote is a type of gun coating and finish sort of like a paint and sealant at the same time much in the same way that lacquer serves as a finish and sealant for wood. Any monolithic barrel fabricated from ceramic would shatter like glass from internal or tensile pressures.

Customers inquiring about cerakote firearm coatings often request information by asking for gun finishes gun finishing firearm refinishing powdercoating gun gun kote handgun coating shotgun bluing rifle bluing firearm blueing gun blueing gun coat cerakote firearm finishes cerakote gun finishes cerakote gun coating cerakote gun finish cerakote finish pistol coatings firearm. Cerakote is a ceramic based finish that can be applied to metals plastics polymers and wood.