billdozer Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Anyone know a reason not to nitride a guide rod? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philippshen Posted May 19, 2017 Share Posted May 19, 2017 Too hard, may damage frame?Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billdozer Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 I doubt that, I'd think it may be too hard and be brittle. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billdozer Posted May 19, 2017 Author Share Posted May 19, 2017 Does anyone know if the first marauders had a nitrided one? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ozy Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 No , just your standard steel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted May 20, 2017 Share Posted May 20, 2017 Black nitride? I've done it Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
427Cobra Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 Why Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 1 hour ago, 427Cobra said: Why I had an H&M cert for "one complete pistol" so I sent everything Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ltdmstr Posted May 21, 2017 Share Posted May 21, 2017 I have done plenty and nitrided everything except springs and non-ferrous items. That includes hammer, sear, guide rod, etc. Guns have seem many thousands of rounds and no issues. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billdozer Posted May 22, 2017 Author Share Posted May 22, 2017 Sweet! I'm gonna do a mix of nitride and hard chrome. Thanks for the info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeerBaron Posted May 22, 2017 Share Posted May 22, 2017 Guide rod in one of my open guns is black dlc/pvd. No issues I can think of. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fastluck13 Posted May 24, 2017 Share Posted May 24, 2017 I have two nitride guide rods. One has probably 25k through it. no problems. the other is in the 5-10k range. same thing. no issues. I was told the only thing you need to consider is doing the both the hammer and sear or neither. If you do only one of the two it will be too hard for the other. The other thing, and not an issue with a guide rod, is sharp corners should be broken slightly or the edge may get little micro chips. you can blue them though even on a stainless gun. Firing pin hole, sharp edges of barrel locking lugs come to mind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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