How long should duracoat last?

[steviesterno]

I had recently sent my M&P in to get milled for a dot, and figured while it was in I would have them duracoat it in burnt bronze. It's been shoot a little bit, mostly sits in the bedside table, and never carried. But last night I practiced maybe 100-200 draws with reholster out of a 3 gun retention set up. After that, some of the finish on the right top part of the slide is gone! not just rubbed, but almost down to bare metal already.

I have no problem with worn guns, because I buy mine to shoot, not show. But I was thinking I would get more use out of it before this much wear set it. I had a 2011 with a wonder coat on it that lasted much longer and shows almost nothing, to this day. Wondering if it was defective application or I'm doing something wrong.

Steve

[toothandnail]

DuraBAKE is what you want, while Duracoat is pretty good it is nowhere close to the durability of a baked on finish.

Many like to negatively compare Duracoat to Cerakote, one is a spray on, the other is a bake on, BIG difference in durability.

[steel1212]

Yeah durakote makes gun pretty that don't get shot. Cerakote makes guns awesome the gets shot!!

[EkuJustice]

Durakote looks good but dosent hold up to wear well at all. For guns not used in a holster etc it's fine and has a ton of colors but for any holster guns the cerakote holds up better

[mildot1]

Depends on on many times you holster it. Dura kote does not compare to Cerakote. Durakote out of a can, Cerakote 2 part baked on much tuffer!

[toothandnail]

As I said earlier,

DuraBAKE is what you should have used.