MTU_327PC Posted November 9, 2009 Share Posted November 9, 2009 I have that 327 TRR8 or whatever acronym they have for it. Well the black coating is starting to take a nice beating. After installing Protocal Designs Fiber Optic sight I immediately scratched up the gun. Tonight I was doing some final scouting before deer season starts and of course my jacket had to scratch my gun all up. I'm usually not one to complain about gun looks (more less tools for a job), but I spent enough money to not have the gun look like it was drug across my driveway. I'm looking for some ideas and companies that do nice work for refinishing or can even refinish my revolver. I assume they'll have to take the barrel out to refinish the shroud, but want to make sure someone competent enough or knows what they doing do it for me. I know it's above and beyond my expertise. Thanks for any help, Drew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTU_327PC Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 Any ideas on finishes? I've been searching but I'm not sure what I'd like. Has anyone had any aftermarket finishes done on there revolvers? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom E Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 No first hand experience but I have been considering having my Ti cylinders "Black-T"ed. http://www.black-t.com/index.htm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTU_327PC Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 I wonder how well the finish will hold up to holster wear? I like the OD Green or the Green-T and Black-T two tone idea. Having the frame in the green and the cylinder in the black. It's definitely different that anything I've seen. I don't mind having something different than everyone else has. Thanks for the idea. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mwx40x40 Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 No experience here, but there are plenty of post on ION BOND. Seems to hold up well with abuse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Carmoney Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Cliff got an Ion Bond job on a stainless revo a couple years ago, and a big piece of the finish peeled off. It looked pretty bad to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gregg K Posted November 10, 2009 Share Posted November 10, 2009 Cliff got an Ion Bond job on a stainless revo a couple years ago, and a big piece of the finish peeled off. It looked pretty bad to me. I had some Ion Bond on a stainless cylinder that didn't bond so well in a few spots as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTU_327PC Posted November 10, 2009 Author Share Posted November 10, 2009 I wonder how well the ION BOND would stick to the Scandium frame? The consensus doesn't look to great for the ION BOND. For the money I rather send Carmoney my gun and have the trigger worked over. Where have some of you guys had your ION BOND finish from? If I do I really would like to hear good feedback from a company. Poor college student budget doesn't allow too many regretful purchases. Thanks again guys for the great posts. From what I've read, a lot of auto guys like their ION BOND, but maybe it's not so great on stainless cylinders. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 If you had problems with the finish "peeling" most likely the metal wasn't prepped properly, as we do stainless all the time. If you have had peeling from "past" years, IonBond will re-coat it, just contact us and we'll take care of it. S@W uses it on these revolvers. Smith & Wesson combined a scandium alloy frame with a titanium cylinder tobuild the strongest and lightest weight .357 Magnum revolver made. Theresult...the Model 340, maximum power in a small, lightweight, easy tocarry package. Smith & Wessons lightest and strongest revolvers deliverdependable power every time. Corrosion-resistant stainless steel cylinder with IonBond DiamondBLACK finish Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MTU_327PC Posted November 11, 2009 Author Share Posted November 11, 2009 (edited) Do you guys at Springer Precision due Cerakote? Right now I've decided to have my barrel shroud kept in black cerakote along with the cylinder. I want the rest of the frame in a Dark Earth color. May be a bit overboard for some, but like I said before being a bit different is alright by me. Edited November 11, 2009 by MTU_327PC Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loves2Shoot Posted November 11, 2009 Share Posted November 11, 2009 Yes, we do CeraKote and stock those colors. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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