I have a "no-dash" Model 66 that I've had for around 10 years I'd guess. It's been the "nightstand gun". It's been to a couple of revolver-specific shooting schools, but other than that, hasn't exactly seen hard use. When I got it, it wasn't new by any stretch.
Now - I don't like shiny. For some reason, somebody at smith and Wesson thought stainless sights would be a good idea, so they could reflect as much sunlight as possible and make aiming difficult. Sight black didn't adhere well. Also, the polished stainless finish really showed up scratches. I decided after a few past cerakoting adventures, I'd go ahead and try it on my revolver.
I'd helped one of our team's snipers (a former commercial artist) cerakote all of our PD sniper rifles, so I had a good idea of the process. Then I did an AR, and a coworker's 1911. The machinist who lets me use his blasting cabinet let me try my hand at a revolver with an old Taurus revolver that made its way into an attic for several years during a divorce, and rusted pretty badly. I media blasted it, and cerakoted it black at his request. I didn't like the all black, and decided to do mine in a combo of OD and Graphite black. There's an awful lot of prep work, but I thought it came out pretty well.
Naturally, I took a bunch of crappy cell pics that don't really do it justice. Just thought I'd share my project. My only regret is I forgot to take the hammer and do it, so I left it. Wish I woulda done it too, but I'm not going through the whole process to redo it for a gun that stays in a nightstand for a living.
Now - I don't like shiny. For some reason, somebody at smith and Wesson thought stainless sights would be a good idea, so they could reflect as much sunlight as possible and make aiming difficult. Sight black didn't adhere well. Also, the polished stainless finish really showed up scratches. I decided after a few past cerakoting adventures, I'd go ahead and try it on my revolver.
I'd helped one of our team's snipers (a former commercial artist) cerakote all of our PD sniper rifles, so I had a good idea of the process. Then I did an AR, and a coworker's 1911. The machinist who lets me use his blasting cabinet let me try my hand at a revolver with an old Taurus revolver that made its way into an attic for several years during a divorce, and rusted pretty badly. I media blasted it, and cerakoted it black at his request. I didn't like the all black, and decided to do mine in a combo of OD and Graphite black. There's an awful lot of prep work, but I thought it came out pretty well.
Naturally, I took a bunch of crappy cell pics that don't really do it justice. Just thought I'd share my project. My only regret is I forgot to take the hammer and do it, so I left it. Wish I woulda done it too, but I'm not going through the whole process to redo it for a gun that stays in a nightstand for a living.
