Posted: 11/7/2007 7:19:46 AM EDT
| Does anyone have any experience with the Perma Kote finish offered by Nighthawk Custom? It's pretty expensive, but that looks like just what I need for my SA Champion. |
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Lot of opinions over on M1911.org. IMO, Permakote looks beautiful but is nothing special as far as its physical properties. I own a Permakoted Nighthawk and it is only as good or bad as any other spray-on finish. It's not magical or somehow more wear resistant than any other coating-type finish. I've got finish wear at the front of the ejection port and NH told me that's just the way it goes. I've got a new NH on order, and I chose the Diamond Black (Boron Carbide) finish, an industrial metal treatment and not a coating. Unfortunately, NH doesn't offer the Diamond Black refinishing on anything but their own pistols. What about Springfield's Armory Coat finish for your Springfield? It's a pretty good finish and you'd be getting it applied by your original manufacturer. My 2 cents is there's no reason to choose the NH finish over the Springfield finish. |
SA's Armory Kote was my first choice actually. I'm going to have Novak sights installed on the gun anyway, so I figured I'd get the whole thing done at once. I read about Perma Kote this morning and I wondered if that would be a better choice than SA's Armory Kote. |