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.
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.
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.
What’s the point of spray painting everything?
Black oxide/bluing seems like a pretty poor choice for a barrel finish these days.
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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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.)
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.
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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