I have an older 50s era Marlin that needs refinishes and is in need of rust protection. I use it with the peep sight in the rain and heavy fog for pig, bear, and deer here on the CaliCoast. I just looked over Diamondkote and its color choices and was wondering if you guys have used it and how tough is it. Lots of brush where this gun goes.

Coating Link

Check with these people. They are in Nor Cal near Redding.

http://www.hotflashrefinishing.com/

Lyle

Yuman and others.
I just spent over $150 dollars on a gun recieved back from said company. The bolt ( m-70 ) was re assembled when recieved back, and was so full of parkerizing material that it would not re-cock 1/2 the time and the firing pin hole needed to be cleaned out with a drill bit. The inside of the barrel took my gun smith ( I know because I wa over his shoulder )about 2 hours to get the crap out and get it back to a good finish between the lands. The exterior was very well done. However the interior and small parts ( bolts and springs) were not taken care of like they should have been. I would have not been as pissed but this was the seccond time it has happened to me. My .02 cents....
Sur5er

Krylon??

Diamondkote looks pretty interesting. Please let us know if you choose it. Now, what are you going to do about the wood? Seen some fellas who covered their Guide Gun stocks with truck bed liner...

Anyone tried the Roguard/NP3 combination? I have it in the back of my mind in case I re-work one of my synthetic stock rifles.

Robar

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Originally posted by Hog Killer:
Krylon??

Never. An insult to a firearm. If Krylon looks good on it you probably should not shoot it.

The wood will stay wood. It has an old deep finish with a lot of memories to it. I just want the metal to be protected.

This old thing has kill everything from coyotes to wild brahman/watusi bulls.

I have had my co-pilot parkerized and its handled real well up here. Its going on 10 years and I have yet to have a rust issue. WWG's did the finish when the built the rifle.

Theres some good stuff out there but its hard when I have been beating the hell out of my 45/70 for 10years to try something new.

I had an old savage 338 that I krylon'd, it held up for about 7 years before I stripped it off and re-blued it. god it was ugly but it worked.

Now I am having a 9.3 built and its gonna have some kind of nitrate coating that is supposed to be pretty good, the jury is still out.

I am going to have a carry pistol Melonited one of these days. Melonite seems to be holding up very well to wear. i know that others are making other claims for it, but all I am worried about is corrosion protection. This guy has a good reputation of using Melonite on P7's used for concealed carry. I will have him do mine after I have seen a few more done and hold up well to daily use:

Drake's Gun Works

I am very fond of electroless nickel plating from Brownells. I had my duty pistol a Colt Series 70 .45 done in 1976 both inside and out and carried it for 20 + years, in fact it is still in service with my son and there is no problem with the finish. I always thought if I needed to weather proof a rifle I would use the electroless nickel finish it als slicks up the action.
Of course I live in Arizona and it we don't have the problem with lots of rain and humitity.
The Robar NP3 finish would be my second choice.