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Thread: Ceracoating a barrel

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    Boolit Master
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    Ceracoating a barrel

    I am finishing up a Blunderbuss that has a steel barrel.
    I was thinking about having the barrel Cerakoted in a Bronze color to make it look more traditional.
    I did notice that "Traditions " does offer some of there rifles with a Brown Cerakoted finish on there barrels.
    My question is ,
    How will the Cerakote Finish hold up to the Flash of a Flintlock ?
    I also thought about having the barrel Brass or Bronze plated.
    Does anybody have any experience with finishes other than Browning or Bluing.
    I do my own Slow Rust Bluing and have a friend that has done Browning for me.
    Last edited by LAGS; 04-26-2021 at 04:42 PM.

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    The Cerakote will probably burn off over time. But, it is a very small area that will be affected.

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    I figured that it would burn off over time.
    But I can always make a brass flame sheild that wraps the barrel in that area to protect it..
    But it must be somewhat durable , or Traditions wouldn't sell their flintlock mountain rifle with a Cerakoted barrel.

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    I think I am going to pass on Cerakote on my Blunderbuss barrel.
    I got little response to my question about what others think.
    Probably because there are not too many Cerakoted barrels in the BP shooting community.
    On a site on line , the two rifles that are still in stock and not backordered were the " Traditions " mountain rifles with the Brown Cerakoted barrels.
    So that sounds like the Cerakote is not a popular finish , or those rifles would have been sold out also.
    But I will still check out having the barrel on the Blunderbuss either Brass or Bronze plated for that antique look.

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