Gentlemen,

I'm about to send two rifles off to be parked and I am curious as to just how durable this finish is.

How durable is it with regards to standing up the elements?

How does it compare to hot and rust bluing?

Why would you want one over the other?

I have already made my decision on getting these two rifle parkerized, but I would like to know what the pros and cons are with this finish versus others.

Thank you for your time.

Tex

It has been my experience that parkerizing is a bit more resistent to the elements than cold or hot blues. I don’t own any rust blued weapons so can’t say about that one.

Parkerizing etches the surface of the steel slightly and also has a small amount of build up on the surface, so it’s pretty much an exterior only type of finish for parts that don’t require close fitting.

When you get them back, coat them all over the Parkerizing with some kind of relatively thick grease and set them out in the sun. The Phosphate will soak it up similar to a DEMOCRAT soaking up TAXES. Then do it again.

I do the ones I have about once a year and currently use the Shooter's Choice red Synthetic Grease. Used regular old yellow R.I.G. for a long time and it did just fine too.

At one time, all military firearms were Parkerized and they withstood that constant abuse very well. You can "gouge" something through the Phosphate, but you really have to be pretty rough with it. Or if you coat a shotgun and let the barrel rest against a seat in the boat as you go back and forth to the Blind, it can eventually wear a spot through.

Great tough coating.

I used Hot Flash
re reparkerize an old M1 I traded for. They are wonderful people to deal with and the price I paid, included return shipping. I am very satisfied with their product and service!

I have a friend that does a "stove top" parkerizing that he really has good success with. He actually does it over the kitchen stove.