upjeeper - I don't have it anodized yet, and would be interested. Unfortunately, I just put my new 308 barrel on, and want to shed some of the wait from the stock. So it will be going back on the mill, and in the lathe for some work. I will PM you when I get it "finished", and see if we could get it hard coated.
218bee - I did the heat treating on-site. We have a small (roughly 12 x 20) heat treat oven, and we mostly work with A-2, and S-7, occasionally some D-2, M-2, and stainless.
Thanks for the positive remarks everyone.