Traditional Blue or Chemically Blackened surface treatments which have
been used for years in the Firearms Industry are easily worn off and
are not all that resistant to corrosion, this will leave metal surfaces,
bare and unprotected from the elements.
At Roedale Precision we use one of a variety of Modern Coating Methods to ensure
our Custom Rifles are protected against harsh environments and hard wear.
Cerakote (Micro
Dyne – NIC Industries)
Cerakote is a Ceramic based 2 part bake-on coating. With a unique backbone,
Cerakote Fireamrs Coating improves performance and reliablity over conventional
finishes. This state of the art coating technology out performs any competetive
coating in both laboratory and real world applications.
DuraCoat
Duracoat is a 2 part bake-on coating. Used primarily for the coating
of stocks and other non metalic firearms parts. Available in a multitude
of colours alowing an extensive range of cammo and other patterns to
be
applied.
Water Transfer or Immersion Coating ( Colour Vision)
In the immersion coating process, the rifle part (substrate) is dipped
into a bath of the coating, which is usually of a low viscosity to enable
the coating to run back into the bath as the substrate emerges. This
process is frequently used on porous substrates, hence wooden stocks
can be coated. Application of decorative patterns such as realtree cammo, carbon
fibre, wood grain and marble, as well as many other decorative or graphic
patterns to numerous objects are possible.
PVD (physical vapour deposition)
A modification of the ARC-Technology is used in the coating of our weapons
systems. The modification optimizes the application of thin hard coatings.The
PVD Technique is advantageous because the temperature of the coating
process lies between 200°C and 500°C therefore below the tempering
temperature of steels used in the manufacture of Firearms. Hence there
is no loss of temper or deformation of the steel nor is the microstructure
of the steel affected negatively, this means there is no loss of accuracy.
Situated in significant positions inside the high vacuum PVD chamber
are electric arc vaporizers. An electric arc vaporizes the coating material
(e.g. titanium) into highly ionized metallic vapour. This metallic vapour
is accelerated with electrical energy onto the surface of the rifle part
(substrate) that is to be coated. Adding reactant gas (i.e. nitrogen)
applies a very hard and thin coating on the firearm surface.
PVD is used in the manufacture of items including coated cutting tools
for metalworking, fabrication and special smaller tools mainly for scientific
purposes. We also use this process in the manufacture of our Custom
Precision Rifles and parts.
Bead Blasted Stainless
Stainless steel rifle barrels and actions can also be bead blasted for
a matt stainless finish