Coyote brown M&P 9... [Archive] - M4Carbine.net Forums

Hawkeye

10-03-07, 20:13

Fresh from being done and hasnt cured yet, so its a little shiny still. I'll take a few more once its completely done.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Hawkeye1/Guns/Coyote9-2.jpg

M4arc

10-03-07, 20:40

Looks nice Hawkeye!

JLM

10-04-07, 01:39

Alumahyde?

Hawkeye

10-04-07, 08:29

Alumahyde II. :D

ReaperAZ

10-04-07, 08:44

Very sexy!

GIFFMANN

10-04-07, 11:24

John,

I think you need to see someone about this little paint addiction you have....:D

Hawkeye

10-04-07, 12:01

If they would hurry up and get the darn things out with the FDE frames already, then I wouldnt have to. :rolleyes: :cool:

Yojimbo

10-04-07, 12:43

Great job, looks very nice!

GIFFMANN

10-04-07, 13:41

If they would hurry up and get the darn things out with the FDE frames already, then I wouldnt have to. :rolleyes: :cool:

Understood...that's why I ordered my G19 in OD....

Obiwan

10-04-07, 21:25

I love ALumahydeII

As the bozo who once got to the range with his .45 Trojan and his 9mm mags

I painted my grip inserts on my M&P's

and my mag bases are painted to match

OD for 9mm and Coyote for .45

I need all the help I can get

SuicideHz

10-04-07, 22:08

That's what you get for leaving any of your pretty guns behind while you go to the range! KARMA!

Or is it plain old irony?

:p

Evan_O

10-05-07, 23:46

Looks very well done Hawkeye!

Let us know how it holds up after some time in a holster. If it will hold up to some holster time I may end up spraying a pistol of mine.

Please keep us updated.

Hawkeye

10-06-07, 19:33

Did a short handgun class today. Apparently I didnt let it dry quite long enough. I am used to the 15 minute dry time of Krylon. In short order I had a bit of a sticky brown palm. Looks like the frame itself dried, but the changeable grip piece didnt and thats where it was coming off from. I read the can again and it says before applying anymore to let the first coat fully cure, so I am going to give it a few more days and when its completely done, redo it in the area it came off. Will then let it sit for a longer time before use.

Hawkeye

10-16-07, 20:36

Got a second coat on. Let it cure better this time. It matches the FDE color of a Safariland 6004 quite well. Little shiny in the one pic in a couple of spots, but thats more flash than anything. It actually turned out to have a nice flat finish. Just have to see how long it holds up now. I'm not worried about it scratching, as thats going to happen regardless. I am interested to see though, if after it does start to get scratched up, if it begins to come off around the scratched areas or not.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Hawkeye1/Guns/Coyote9-7.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Hawkeye1/Guns/Coyote9-6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v86/Hawkeye1/Guns/Coyote9-5.jpg

mark5pt56

10-17-07, 20:51

Looks cool! I don't know why, but I've found that Aluma-Hyde II takes longer to dry/cure on certain rubbers and plastics. Stuff like power rings on scopes. I guess it's the composition of them?

Hawkeye

10-17-07, 21:26

Could be. It dried MUCH faster on the frame itself, than it did on the removeable grip piece.

M4arc

10-24-07, 13:35

Hawkeye,

I was over at Bob's Gun Shop @ lunch fondling the new coyote brown M&P45! Man that thing is sweet! This one had the manual safety and a lanyard built into the takedown tool.

I think you need one :D

Hawkeye

10-24-07, 13:55

Its on my list.... but only once I am sure that the thumb safety can be removed, or they are available without it.

M4arc

10-24-07, 13:57

Its on my list.... but only once I am sure that the thumb safety can be removed, or they are available without it.

I kinda liked the thumb safety. It wasn't mushy like I read it was and it kind of reminded me of a 1911. I don't know if I'd get one with a thumb safety because my M&P9 doesn't have so maybe I'll have to get one of each ;)

mark5pt56

10-24-07, 16:56

Get the one w/o the manual safety. No sense in complicating things.

Hawkeye--I sent off for the M&P 9 today! Hell isn't frozen over yet though, just a mini ice age:eek:

Hawkeye

10-24-07, 17:25

Ditto the safety...

And you sent off for one.... be still my heart! :D

M4arc

10-24-07, 19:14

Get the one w/o the manual safety. No sense in complicating things.

Hawkeye--I sent off for the M&P 9 today! Hell isn't frozen over yet though, just a mini ice age:eek:

Who are you and what have you done with mark5pt56???

DocGKR

10-25-07, 00:44

So far, I prefer the M&P's with the ambi safety.

Hawkeye

10-25-07, 08:26

For me, If I were still running 1911's in addition to my M&P's, I'd definitely get my M&P's with the thumb safety. For someone who has/is shooting primarily Glocks, I think its probably better to go sans the safety. Just to keep things on the same manual of operation as much as possible.

Dport

10-25-07, 09:27

Who are you and what have you done with mark5pt56???

Personally, I blame you for the conversions. Good upstanding Glock owners whose minds were poisoned by your constant suggestions. I admire mark5pt56 as his mind was strong enough to resist your Jedi mind trick for this long. The sustained assault, however, will wear away a tough mind just as running water will wear away rock.

Hawkeye

10-25-07, 09:51

Dport is correct.

Dport

10-25-07, 10:14

Dport is correct.

722 posts, I was bound to get a hit eventually.

Hawkeye

10-25-07, 10:46

Didnt say it was your first.... ;)

M4arc

10-25-07, 11:37

Personally, I blame you for the conversions. Good upstanding Glock owners whose minds were poisoned by your constant suggestions. I admire mark5pt56 as his mind was strong enough to resist your Jedi mind trick for this long. The sustained assault, however, will wear away a tough mind just as running water will wear away rock.

I plead guilty (and proud of it) to the charges your honor :D

John_Wayne777

10-25-07, 13:11

The kool-aid is delicious....

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y16/jwayne_777/IMGP0154.jpg

mark5pt56

10-25-07, 16:39

I shot a friends M&P 9 today. Not bad shooting, Hit a little higher than my Glock, that's a slight difference in the sight picture. I have to admit, it does fit the hand better. Felt recoil feels the same to me. I didn't have any issues with the reset.

M4arc is a bad, bad man.

Dport

10-25-07, 16:47

Didnt say it was your first.... ;)

You didn't have to. I know how dismal my success rate is.;)

Robb Jensen

10-25-07, 17:24

M4arc

10-25-07, 18:27

It's working M4arc, get him shooting it some more! ;)

Oh I know because he ordered on yesterday :D

If we can get mark5pt56 to fall we've really accomplished something. ;)

ShipWreck

11-04-07, 18:30

That looks really sweet!

NCPatrolAR

01-13-08, 20:06

So how does the finish look after 3 months of use?

BTW, that;s the Coyote color? Looks more like the desert tan color judging by the Brownell's ad.

Hawkeye

01-14-08, 19:28

Yes, thats the Coyote color. Flash makes it a little brighter than it really is. I need to take some updated pics. Its holding up better than I had expected.