FYI, for those interested. I just thought I'd pass on this email I got from CT. The word was that NP3 was no longer available for those of us in the gun world, so I decided to email them to find out if this was some temporary 'stop', that may one day be reversed: this was the reply I got.
Hi Danny
Coating Technologies still has the NP3 coating, however the programs we had for plating the individual firearms became no longer financially practical. We can still plate the firearms, but we have minimum charges in place that could put the pricing upwards to $1,000.00 depending on the alloy of the parts, what stripping is required, what prep is needed and the NP3 coating.
Michael Schueman
Coating Technologies, LLC
Tel (623) 242-9575 x102
I sent my P30 off back in Dec 2019 for NP3, and it was, as many always said, expensive. This is not great news, due to the drastic price increase, but for someone who just HAS to have it, or just WANTS it, at least it's available.