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Posted: 10/15/2007 2:40:22 PM EDT
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I have a Romanian kit I'm working on at the moment. The only problem with this kit is the exterior of the barrel, gas tube and gas block look like they were sitting in water for a while. It's odd because everything else looks pristine. In fact when you look at the inside the barrel it's as though it was never fired. Anyway, I've sandblasted everything and the pitting on these pieces are quite deep. Does anyone have a method for filling them up so that they won't show? Brazing was on possibility I thought of. I'm planning on using Gunkote for the final finish so any method used would have to withstand heat. Thanks, John |
In general I like gunkote much better than Duracoat, but this might be one case where the thicker coating could be better. There is also DuraFill made for just this type of situation...and it can take heat...guess you could use DuraFill then coat over that with Gunkote... but in any event I'd look at the thicker DC for this application even though it's not my first choice in coatings generally. |
| when copes had the rusty kits on sale for 69 bucks about a year ago I ordered one.....got it home and top cover was unusable and wood was stained but the only other rust was on barrel at fsb....finally had the nerve to do the pistol build that i had been wanting to do...drill press and hacksaw did away with all the rust on bbl....just trying to give another option..... |
Thanks for all your replies. Really helpful stuff. I think Socandyman has it right. It really is just shooter grade and probably that is how I should build it. I sometimes get a little too tied up in the small details. At least now I know what to use if I do want to fix it up.
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