Coatings

[Haraise]

As someone currently having a gun nitrocarbed and then NP3+ coated after, I'm interested.

[BLR]

Bill, have you thought of heat treating the nickel? There are pitfalls, but if you want the coating W.D. hard, it can produce remarkable results.

True, it can take a coating from 50ish on the Rockwell C scale to over 70 for a high phos EN. However, it also causes the coating to shrink, resulting in micro-cracks. We threw in the tungsten to up the hardness w/o having to resort to a high temp stage.

Nickel phosphorus and nickel born are essentially the same thing. Nickel boron is typically a little harder, but less corrosion resistant. We evaluated the boron stuff early on, and didn't think it did as well with PTFE either.

DLC is a whole 'nother story. Let's just say, I'm not a fan.

[LittleLebowski]

I likely could be talked into some beta testers.

Let me know

[JV_]

Let me know

He probably wants people that actually make it to the range and shoot

[LittleLebowski]

He probably wants people that actually make it to the range and shoot

Sunday

[orionz06]

I likely could be talked into some beta testers.

Can you coat my Gadget to match?

[BLR]

Can you coat my Gadget to match?

I don't know. What's a gadget? Or more relevantly, what's it made out of?

[WDW]

I don't know. What's a gadget? Or more relevantly, what's it made out of?

The gadget is a mythical apparatus forged by TLG used to torment PF members for the last 1 1/2 years or so.

[Savage Hands]

Can you coat my Gadget to match?

Uh... What?

[ToddG]

Please don't derail the thread with talk about the Gadget.

As for the finish, Bill, when do you think you'd be ready to move into beta?