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Thread: Geissele is using black oxide on their barrels now

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    Geissele is using black oxide on their barrels now

    Apparently Geissele has been using black oxide on their barrels for a couple months now. They are telling people to remove their rails and oil the barrels to keep them from rusting.

    Charging KAC prices and using black oxide. Discuss.

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    I strip the barrel of oils, spray paint it, and drive on. I don't purchase things with the intention of the resale. If it functions properly I spray paint it and use it to the end of its service life.

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    Quote Originally Posted by opngrnd View Post
    I strip the barrel of oils, spray paint it, and drive on. I don't purchase things with the intention of the resale. If it functions properly I spray paint it and use it to the end of its service life.
    + 1, Same hear.

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    What’s the point of spray painting everything?

    Black oxide/bluing seems like a pretty poor choice for a barrel finish these days.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 17K View Post

    What’s the point of spray painting everything?
    A properly prepped paint job is a decent, quick, and inexpensive way to keep things from rusting.

    I've been doing the same thing for years

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    Just about all of my long guns have been Duracoated by my buddy. If it's aluminum it gets flat black; if it's steel it gets Colt Gray (a perfect match for parkerizing BTW). The surface is protected and if there is a scratch you can't tell because it's the same color as the underlying finish.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 17K View Post
    What’s the point of spray painting everything?

    Black oxide/bluing seems like a pretty poor choice for a barrel finish these days.
    Simple rust mitigation. It gets cold enough where I'm at that your equipment sweats when it comes in after a range session. The paint cuts down on how quickly things rust. I may start cerakoting things if I ever make time for it prior to building something, but that's a lot of money for something cosmetic (although it is certainly better than spray paint.)

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    Quote Originally Posted by 17K View Post
    What’s the point of spray painting everything?

    Black oxide/bluing seems like a pretty poor choice for a barrel finish these days.
    All my AR's are Camouflaged.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 17K View Post
    What’s the point of spray painting everything?

    Black oxide/bluing seems like a pretty poor choice for a barrel finish these days.
    It's fine for a more traditional rifle on which the barrel can be accessed easily for maintenance. Unacceptable for an AR on which the rail would have to be removed to clean/oil the barrel. I have and use lots of G stuff, but I look at them with skeptical hippo eyes these days after Larue proved that EDM triggers could be sold for a lot less than what a SSA costs.

    That said, I'm set up to easily coat parts with molyresin if I so choose. Usually I just leave parkerized/manganese Phosphate barrels alone.
    Last edited by gunnerblue; 05-30-21 at 20:34.

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    I'll say it. I don't get Geissele. Seems way frigging over priced for what it is. Good rails, amazing triggers (although SSA-E did not pass FBI testing). Guns that cost 2k should do everything else too IE reliability, accuracy, etc.

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