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Posted: 3/25/2013 3:28:40 PM EDT

I was trying to hold out for a blued SR1911 but one came available a year or so ago.

I am thinking about either FDE or desert tan. Not gonna go black as I have several black 1911s. Gonna have one of my P226s done in whatever color I don't to the SR1911 in.

So, what do y'all think, FDE, tan, or something else that you will describe for me.

Posted: 3/25/2013 3:49:56 PM EDT

[#1]

I have a Kimber CDP Pro II that I'm thinking of putting #26 on.

Posted: 3/25/2013 3:51:48 PM EDT

[#2]

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I have a Kimber CDP Pro II that I'm thinking of putting #26 on.

http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h384/just02896/image_zps45a59086.jpg

That looks somewhat gray.

Is that a chart from a company that does refinishing?

I like 19 and/or 30.

Hmmm, maybe 53.

Posted: 3/25/2013 3:52:41 PM EDT

[#3]

Tag!

Posted: 3/25/2013 3:56:35 PM EDT

[#4]

http://www.acoating.com/

#19 will look very "yellowy" once on the gun.
#27 looks nice!

Have you considered two tone or would you prefer one color?

Posted: 3/25/2013 4:12:10 PM EDT

[#5]

They have great pricesfor Cerakote, but that color chart is for duracoat, and I personally would use krylon if I was going to paint a gun. Cerakote is better than duracoat.

Posted: 3/26/2013 2:55:41 PM EDT

[#6]

Turned it in to a gunsmith over in Brunswick today to get it Cerakoated.

Not sure of the color name, but it's a medium brown and the P226 will be desert tan.

He hasn't started, but what do y'all think of telling him to do it in WWII OD?

Posted: 3/26/2013 2:56:34 PM EDT

[#7]

Quoted:
http://www.acoating.com/

#19 will look very "yellowy" once on the gun.
#27 looks nice!

Have you considered two tone or would you prefer one color?

I have had two tones guns before and kinda prefer one color.

Posted: 3/26/2013 3:04:10 PM EDT

[#8]

Quoted:

Quoted:
http://www.acoating.com/

#19 will look very "yellowy" once on the gun.
#27 looks nice!

Have you considered two tone or would you prefer one color?

I have had two tones guns before and kinda prefer one color.

Two tone is mo beta

Desert sage frame, magpul fde slide btw.

Posted: 3/26/2013 5:36:35 PM EDT

[#9]

Thought about doing mine in FDE to match my FNX-45, I like polished stainless like my eclipse and delta elite so might take the plunge on my sr1911 since its a carry piece .

Posted: 3/26/2013 5:50:42 PM EDT

[#10]

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Thought about doing mine in FDE to match my FNX-45, I like polished stainless like my eclipse and delta elite so might take the plunge on my sr1911 since its a carry piece .

How do you think a 1911 would look in OD?

Posted: 3/26/2013 6:20:40 PM EDT

[#11]

With these:

Or these:

Posted: 3/27/2013 4:11:13 PM EDT

[#12]

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http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h384/just02896/image_zps482bcf90.jpg

With these:

http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h384/just02896/image_zpsac549639.jpg

Or these:

http://i1107.photobucket.com/albums/h384/just02896/image_zps2dc419e4.jpg

Is that Cerakote OD?

If so, what color number.

Posted: 3/27/2013 7:28:34 PM EDT

[#13]

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Thought about doing mine in FDE to match my FNX-45, I like polished stainless like my eclipse and delta elite so might take the plunge on my sr1911 since its a carry piece .

How do you think a 1911 would look in OD?

Badass.... I'm a stainless guy but a quality finish like Sig uses on their 1911's looks great, I think OD or FDE done right would look awesome, nothing worse than a half assed job though to ruin a great pistol.

Posted: 3/28/2013 2:49:04 PM EDT

[#14]

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Thought about doing mine in FDE to match my FNX-45, I like polished stainless like my eclipse and delta elite so might take the plunge on my sr1911 since its a carry piece .

How do you think a 1911 would look in OD?

Badass.... I'm a stainless guy but a quality finish like Sig uses on their 1911's looks great, I think OD or FDE done right would look awesome, nothing worse than a half assed job though to ruin a great pistol.

The gunsmith in Brunswick that I left it with Cerakoted a 110 Savage that I had him put a heavy barrel on. It looks great and seems to be quite durable. We talked about and he was talking about how he would do it and sounds like he knows what he is doing. He blasts the finish and airbrushes the Cerakote.

If he screws it up, he is close enough for me to work with to correct any problem but I think it will turn out well.

Posted: 3/29/2013 4:55:04 PM EDT

[#15]

Definitely post pics and how the finish holds up to some range time and carry use !!!

Posted: 4/1/2013 1:22:45 PM EDT

[#16]

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Definitely post pics and how the finish holds up to some range time and carry use !!!

Will do. He did one of my Savage 110 and it looks great and is holding up. The only place that shows any wear is the flash suppressor/suppressor mount that goes up inside the can. It got dirty.

Posted: 4/9/2013 4:44:35 PM EDT

[#17]

While searching for a Gov model SR1911, ran across this.

Want!

Posted: 4/9/2013 4:45:50 PM EDT

[#18]

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While searching for a Gov model SR1911, ran across this.

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/images/411546881.jpg

Want!

That looks great.

Have not gotten mine back yet.

Posted: 5/14/2013 5:13:34 PM EDT

[#19]

Got it back. Looks good, won't run worth a shit now after being perfect before:

He even did the inside of the frame and the end of the barrel and I figure it's either too thick or the ramp is too rough now.

Gonna take it back when he gets back from out of town.

Posted: 5/14/2013 5:17:16 PM EDT

[#20]

If the inside is as undersprayed as the outside, then any increased thickness should wear away quickly. I wouldn't have let that go out to a customer.

Posted: 5/14/2013 5:20:31 PM EDT

[#21]

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If the inside is as undersprayed as the outside, then any increased thickness should wear away quickly. I wouldn't have let that go out to a customer.

They do not leave until 1.) they look perfect and 2.) they work as they did when dropped off.

Posted: 5/14/2013 6:18:13 PM EDT

[#22]

I am thinking about just having him remove the coating altogether.

Right now I am wishing that I had not had this done.

Posted: 5/15/2013 3:09:59 PM EDT

[#23]

I thought at first the nose of the round was hanging up on the ramp/throat.

Each shot would leave it maybe .30 or so out of battery and a push on the end of the slide would send it home.

BUT, last night I noticed that it had a "catch" when returning to battery even with no rounds in it.

Maybe the locking lugs on the barrel are having a hard time seating into the ones on the slide due to the coating being too thick?

I guess it could be the barrel bushing has too much crap.

Damn it, it could be all kinds of things.

Posted: 5/15/2013 3:36:24 PM EDT

[#24]

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Damn it, it could be all kinds of things.

Scotch brite pad and start removing the coating in the areas where you think it's hanging up?

Remove some and test?

Posted: 5/15/2013 4:02:23 PM EDT

[#25]

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Quoted:

Damn it, it could be all kinds of things.

Scotch brite pad and start removing the coating in the areas where you think it's hanging up?

Remove some and test?

I'm gonna make the gunsmith do all that and use his ammo.

Posted: 5/15/2013 4:04:39 PM EDT

[#26]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Damn it, it could be all kinds of things.

Scotch brite pad and start removing the coating in the areas where you think it's hanging up?

Remove some and test?

I'm gonna make the gunsmith do all that and use his ammo.

Well, even better.

Thank you for curing me from thinking about coating my full size.

Posted: 5/15/2013 4:06:29 PM EDT

[#27]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Damn it, it could be all kinds of things.

Scotch brite pad and start removing the coating in the areas where you think it's hanging up?

Remove some and test?

I'm gonna make the gunsmith do all that and use his ammo.

Well, even better.

Thank you for curing me from thinking about coating my full size.

I guess the SR1911 is so tight that the coating is just too thick.

I might send it back to Ruger and just pay them to return it to original and consider the cost of doing so as paying for a lesson.

Posted: 5/15/2013 4:29:18 PM EDT

[#28]

If you want to fix it yourself, take the gun apart, and assemble just the slide and frame with a good amount of oil on the ways.

Once you've got that working like it should (gliding smoothly back and forth [although, it's a Ruger it may not have been there to begin with

]), install the barrel and bushing, again with a liberal amount of oil on all contact surfaces, and just work it until its smooth.

I'm not too keen on how that job looks in the pics. I'm betting it's even worse in person. Are there fingerprints in the finish?

Posted: 5/15/2013 4:30:50 PM EDT

[#29]

Oh, it's the applicators fault, not the coating. It's too thick where it shouldn't be and too thin in others.

Posted: 5/15/2013 4:31:51 PM EDT

[#30]

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Oh, it's the applicators fault, not the coating. It's too thick where it shouldn't be and too thin in others.

I'm just gonna let him try to work it out before I do anything else but he won't be back until next Monday.

Given that it looks like crap, as you noted, I may just have him remove it completely.

Posted: 5/15/2013 4:33:03 PM EDT

[#31]

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If you want to fix it yourself, take the gun apart, and assemble just the slide and frame with a good amount of oil on the ways.

Once you've got that working like it should (gliding smoothly back and forth [although, it's a Ruger it may not have been there to begin with

]), install the barrel and bushing, again with a liberal amount of oil on all contact surfaces, and just work it until its smooth.

I'm not too keen on how that job looks in the pics. I'm betting it's even worse in person. Are there fingerprints in the finish?

No fingerprints.

I will do what you said though since I have a few days before he gets back.

And yes, it was quite smooth before I had this done.

Posted: 5/15/2013 4:39:13 PM EDT

[#32]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Damn it, it could be all kinds of things.

Scotch brite pad and start removing the coating in the areas where you think it's hanging up?

Remove some and test?

I'm gonna make the gunsmith do all that and use his ammo.

Well, even better.

Thank you for curing me from thinking about coating my full size.

There are a couple of pretty decent coaters replying to this thread that make the guy that did larry's pistol look like he's never done it before.

Posted: 5/15/2013 4:44:57 PM EDT

[#33]

Quoted:

Quoted:

Damn it, it could be all kinds of things.

Scotch brite pad and start removing the coating in the areas where you think it's hanging up?

Remove some and test?

I'm gonna make the gunsmith do all that and use his ammo.

Well, even better.

Thank you for curing me from thinking about coating my full size.

There are a couple of pretty decent coaters replying to this thread that make the guy that did larry's pistol look like he's never done it before.

ziara?

Posted: 5/15/2013 4:52:08 PM EDT

[#34]

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ziara?

And me. He's been doing it a long time and he taught me most of what I know.

Posted: 5/15/2013 4:53:44 PM EDT

[#35]

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ziara?

And me. He's been doing it a long time and he taught me most of what I know.

Okay, if the smith here can't straighten it out, which of you two should I send it to in lieu of sending it to Ruger?

Given that it's not working and the finish is not very good, if he can't get it right, I don't have the expertise nor the equipment to make the finish look better even if I do get it running right.

Posted: 5/15/2013 4:59:10 PM EDT

[#36]

Quoted:

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ziara?

And me. He's been doing it a long time and he taught me most of what I know.

Okay, if the smith here can't straighten it out, which of you two should I send it to in lieu of sending it to Ruger?

Given that it's not working and the finish is not very good, if he can't get it right, I don't have the expertise nor the equipment to make the finish look better even if I do get it running right.

Him. He's a full on, legit gun smith. I'm just a lowly coater.

Posted: 5/17/2013 7:02:59 AM EDT

[#37]

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While searching for a Gov model SR1911, ran across this.

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/images/411546881.jpg

Want!

Boy I LIKE that!

I might have to do that sometime.

Posted: 5/17/2013 7:09:45 AM EDT

[#38]

Geez Larry, it's too bad you've had such bad luck on this project. That's sucks.

Fwiw, it doesn't look bad on a phone.

Posted: 5/28/2013 3:40:43 PM EDT

[#39]

I thought of having my Kimber coated, but I will hold off now................sorry to see you had problems with the coating

Quoted:
Turned it in to a gunsmith over in Brunswick today to get it Cerakoated.

Not sure of the color name, but it's a medium brown and the P226 will be desert tan.

He hasn't started, but what do y'all think of telling him to do it in WWII OD?

Posted: 5/28/2013 6:47:43 PM EDT

[#40]

Quoted:
I thought of having my Kimber coated, but I will hold off now................sorry to see you had problems with the coating

Quoted:
Turned it in to a gunsmith over in Brunswick today to get it Cerakoated.

Not sure of the color name, but it's a medium brown and the P226 will be desert tan.

He hasn't started, but what do y'all think of telling him to do it in WWII OD?

Don't let one bad coater turn you off the process. There are a lot of good coaters out there.

Posted: 6/4/2013 12:42:34 PM EDT

[#41]

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I thought of having my Kimber coated, but I will hold off now................sorry to see you had problems with the coating

Quoted:
Turned it in to a gunsmith over in Brunswick today to get it Cerakoated.

Not sure of the color name, but it's a medium brown and the P226 will be desert tan.

He hasn't started, but what do y'all think of telling him to do it in WWII OD?

Don't let one bad coater turn you off the process. There are a lot of good coaters out there.

Yes sir! This is the truth!

Posted: 7/28/2013 7:10:29 PM EDT

[#42]

Any updates?

Posted: 7/29/2013 5:20:37 PM EDT

[#43]

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No and I am beginning to get ticked off. They guy won't return my calls and he has my SR1911 and one of my Sig P226s.

Posted: 7/31/2013 4:40:19 PM EDT

[#44]

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Boy I LIKE that!

I might have to do that sometime.

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While searching for a Gov model SR1911, ran across this.

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/images/411546881.jpg

Want!

Boy I LIKE that!

I might have to do that sometime.

You guys seen this? My LGS has one. NICE.

Posted: 7/31/2013 5:01:42 PM EDT

[#45]

Question for the "Coaters" when coating the gun is it necessary to have the interior surfaces coated or can only the exteriors be done?
Also, 2nd question

Can the Rails on the lower "not" be coated during the process?
Just curious. I would really like to have my SR1911 done.
cp

Posted: 7/31/2013 5:57:12 PM EDT

[#46]

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Question for the "Coaters" when coating the gun is it necessary to have the interior surfaces coated or can only the exteriors be done?
Also, 2nd question

Can the Rails on the lower "not" be coated during the process?
Just curious. I would really like to have my SR1911 done.
cp

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I prefer to only coat visible surfaces. Anything can be masked off. Cerakote should be applied very thin and shouldn't affect fit, but since 1911s are rather tight, I personally leave the frame rails untouched, unless the customer wants microslick.

Posted: 8/1/2013 4:21:49 AM EDT

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You guys seen this? My LGS has one. NICE.

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q706/bonehead911/navysealsr1911_zpsb8a414b3.jpg

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While searching for a Gov model SR1911, ran across this.

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/images/411546881.jpg

Want!

Boy I LIKE that!

I might have to do that sometime.

You guys seen this? My LGS has one. NICE.

http://i1355.photobucket.com/albums/q706/bonehead911/navysealsr1911_zpsb8a414b3.jpg

Very nice.

Posted: 8/1/2013 6:44:44 AM EDT

[#48]

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I prefer to only coat visible surfaces. Anything can be masked off. Cerakote should be applied very thin and shouldn't affect fit, but since 1911s are rather tight, I personally leave the frame rails untouched, unless the customer wants microslick.

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Question for the "Coaters" when coating the gun is it necessary to have the interior surfaces coated or can only the exteriors be done?
Also, 2nd question

Can the Rails on the lower "not" be coated during the process?
Just curious. I would really like to have my SR1911 done.
cp

I prefer to only coat visible surfaces. Anything can be masked off. Cerakote should be applied very thin and shouldn't affect fit, but since 1911s are rather tight, I personally leave the frame rails untouched, unless the customer wants microslick.

Thanks I appreciate the answer.
chuck

Posted: 8/3/2013 1:17:41 PM EDT

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I went by to see him yesterday. He said he has just been really slammed and showed me a bottle of FDE Cerakote that had ruptured it's bottle. He said he has been waiting for some to come in.

He said he just got a new supply in.

When I originally took it in and he saw the blems and it not working, he was very apologetic about it.

He's a good guy who has done other stuff. He said late next week so I will be patient.

Posted: 8/3/2013 1:18:59 PM EDT

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You guys seen this? My LGS has one. NICE.

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While searching for a Gov model SR1911, ran across this.

https://www.budsgunshop.com/catalog/images/411546881.jpg

Want!

Boy I LIKE that!

I might have to do that sometime.

You guys seen this? My LGS has one. NICE.

Just ordered one from a shop in Pensacola, FL.

And went online and donated $100 more to the Navy SEAL Foundation.

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