Re: badger action coatings
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Wheres-Waldo</div><div class="ubbcode-body">For ONE coating all around, I'd suggest either Melonite or IonBond.
You could go with anything under the sun for your barreled action, I would just suggest not coating the bolt or any of its components with something thick.
If you are suspect on any coating, call Badger, those guys will bend over backwards for you.
Also, there is an IonBond distributor who works out of Denton, NC by the name of Chad Buie, owner of Club Custom Guns who did mine.
He could probably answer any specifics on that coating.
And tell Gray he cleans his rifle too much. </div></div>
I've spoken to Marty @ BO about this. His words:
- Don't cerakote both receiver and bolt, it's too thick, and the bolt will bind
- Ion bond is awesome
- He doesn't endorse melonite, though he doesn't hate it either. The issue is that cooking steel @ 1050*F for 30 minutes makes metal move. BO has no control over who does the melonite, nor do they have control of the tolerances or the geometry of the parts during the process. The temper of the metal won't be ruined, so it's ok from that standpoint, but your precision-machined action that is geometrically perfect, might not be anymore after melonite.