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50 cal
September 15, 2001, 16:25
and running. Decided to powder coat it OD green. Left all the furniture black for now.

http://wsphotofews.excite.com/036/Je/WJ/Fa/k563519.jpg
terral
September 15, 2001, 16:45
thats a nice look dude!
Munster30
September 15, 2001, 16:55
Beauty, that two tone is really cool!

...Alex...
idsubgun
September 15, 2001, 17:12
Yeah! I like that!

Been thinking about doing the same thing on one of mine. Now, I know I'm going to.

Looks GREAT!!! :cool:
idsubgun
September 15, 2001, 17:15
You are saying powder coat? Did you have it done by someone else or did you buy something and do it yourself? :confused:
50 cal
September 15, 2001, 17:23
I did it myself. We have a powdercoat booth at work. I started to camo it, but switching out the colors is a pain. So I left it as is.

Word to the do it yourselfer, after coating, wipe off the locking shoulder. I had my headspace set a bit on the tight side. I had to clean off the baked on epoxy to get it to cycle correctly.

All carbon fouling wipes right off with an oily rag! unexpected upside to the epoxy coat. Oh yeah, sheds water like a duck too.
FootLongCuban
September 15, 2001, 18:46
...and how much will you charging to powder coat our guns? :D
RRotz
September 15, 2001, 21:15
LOOKING REAL GOOD!
Aifwikir
September 16, 2001, 06:07
WOW!! That turned out really purdy there! Good job!!

:D
Aif
lostone
September 16, 2001, 11:19
When are you going to take her out and break her in?
50 cal
September 16, 2001, 11:26
SWhot about 100 rds yesterday. The powder coating threw a few tolerances out of whack. But after about 40 rds it was broke in and functioning good.

Used MolySlide paste on the carrier to reciever points. Stays where you put it and and is real slick.

Real pleased with my new toy. On top of that my other kit build is on it's way back from AZEX. Thanks Derek!
sportsnut
September 16, 2001, 11:33
50 Cal, rifle looks great! what did you do to make the plastic look so good? Or is it new?

[ September 16, 2001: Message edited by: sportsnut ]
50 cal
September 16, 2001, 14:36
The stock is a Penguin Arms stock, p-grip is Dan at VOW and the handguards are just repainted with flat black camo paint. Had to put a few coats on the handguards for them to look good. They were pretty scratched up before I started. I gavve them a light sandblast inside and out to get the paint to stick and look even. May go over the handguards later with the bedliner type paint you can get at the car parts store.