Well...my three day weekend came and went, unfortunately it got packed with a bunch of crap that I had to take care of and it didn't leave me with any time for me to work on Duracoating my gun
. I don't have another concealable handgun anyway and I didn't want to go 3 weeks unarmed. Don't worry though, I have a .357 snubby ;D on the way that will fill in nicely until the Duracoat is cured (when I get to coat my P64).
I did, however, get in some range time and I put a box of ammo or two through those 2 mags that I did Duracoat. The coating did flake off the sharp edges of the mag (there is another spot that on the side of the mag that came off but that is entirely my fault for not letting it cure as long as it should). I feel that if I hit the sharp edges of the mag (and my gun for that matter) with some fine sand paper to kind of round them out and polish them that the Duracoat will stick no prob.
I think I have finally decided how far I'm going to take my gun down to coat it, I would like some input from you guys so I get some more opinions about the procedure I'm going to take.
after a field strip and a pre-liminary degreasing...
the slide will be completely stripped; safety, firing pin, loaded chamber indicator, and extractor will all come out and all parts throughly degreased and dried in the oven (any sharp corners/edges will have to be rounded out some and then re-blued for a base coat). I will them mask all internal surfaces and plug all holes on the slide. I will also mask the internal surface of the extractor and safety as I will be coating the outside surfaces of those as well.
the frame will only be partially stripped (grip-stocks
cant be in the way obviously); trigger guard, trigger, transfer bar and magazine catch and all corresponding parts will all come off. After a good degreasing and drying, all internal surfaces (with the exception of the area that resides underneath the grips) will be masked off. No working surfaces or parts that would normally be covered by the slide or grips will be coated.
I'm still up in grabs about the hammer, I was going to leave it on the frame and mask the striking surface as I don't know how difficult it is to remove the hammer without removing everything else.
now about the markings...I know I cant cover or obscure the serial number in anyway, but what about the importation markings? Will I be breaking some BS law if I sand and cover the importation markings into invisibility? Does anyone really care that my P64 made it here by way of Tennessee Guns of Knox, TN?
thanks
