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Thumper
04-18-2009, 08:27 PM
Found this thread on Glocktalk.com Is this something Guntech can do professionally or is this something I gotta do at home the way they described it. If Guntech can do this any idea what it would run?
http://glocktalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12443706&postcount=54
Found this thread on Glocktalk.com Is this something Guntech can do professionally or is this something I gotta do at home the way they described it. If Guntech can do this any idea what it would run?
http://glocktalk.com/forums/showpost.php?p=12443706&postcount=54
Is it strictly cosmetic or is there a reason to do it? Also wont taking the color off the barrel potentially give it the opportunity to rust and or corrode? It looks very easy to do and with the tools I have I could do it in like 5 mins but I am not sure if aside from the cosmetic gain if there is any other reason.
It can rust, but if you maintain your firearm as you are supposed to and keep it oiled it won't rust. I am wondering why someone would do this too. I don't see any benefits other than being cosmetically appealing.
Gentle Ben
10-03-2009, 08:11 PM
Is it strictly cosmetic or is there a reason to do it? Also wont taking the color off the barrel potentially give it the opportunity to rust and or corrode? It looks very easy to do and with the tools I have I could do it in like 5 mins but I am not sure if aside from the cosmetic gain if there is any other reason.
taking the color off the barrel will not make it more prone to rust. the tenifer is not the black color that you see; that's whatever surface finish Glock puts over the top of the tenifer. if you go through the black and through the tenifer to the untreated metal beneath, that's when you'll get rust. get a little too frisky with your polishing tools, and you could get down to bare metal and have a rust-prone barrel.
aside from that, I see no practical benefit to it whatsoever. just a cosmetic mod.