I'm thinking of using duracoat for my pistol build. And wanted to know what everyone thinks of it. I was looking into their heavy metal colors.  Please post up pics of some you have done.

These two were done with DuraCoat, the barrels were done with the high-temp variety.



As you can see, it flaked off the flexible rubber of the scope cover, but otherwise has held up reasonably well.  The mounting screw was masked off when painting, that's not wear.

I use quite a bit of Duracoat, and like it much better than Cerakote.

Let me recommend DuraBake instead if you are painting parts that can be heated/baked.
It has an amazingly uniform surface after baking, and is very durable.

I use Duracoat on scopes and other equipment that I can't put into the oven.

Also, with Durabake you don't have to add hardener (it cures with heat). It's about $4 cheaper per 8oz bottle too.
I did some parts in Durabake in a color called Desert Mint. I've gotten a lot of positive feedback on it. The FDE Durabake is awesome.

It's much more forgiving than other firearm paints.

G.

Painted with Duracoat's Magpul FDE.

Done using Duracoat's Urban Camo kit

Were all parts done with the duracoat or just the upper/lower/rail? I am trying to find out how well the duracoat magpul FDE matches up to actual magpul FDE parts.

Keep in mind that there are a number of different shades of FDE. They're usually named by the accessory manufacturer, such as "Magpul FDE", and so on.

Sorry for the delayed reply, I just saw your post.

The PG and stock are factory Magpul FDE color. The rest is Duracoat. It matches very nicely