BCG Color Coating

[SouthernSlammed]

Any had any experience with color coating or plated BCH?

Any noticable wear in the coloring?

These are ceramic type coating.
https://www.wmdguns.com/nibxbcg0005-c-m16-ar-15-full-auto-bolt-carrier-group-color-topcoat.html

Then you have these plates type.
https://www.crypticcoatings.com/coated-bolt-carrier-group/

 

[boss_hawg]

my opinion is that a standard bcm or other quality bcg fits the bill unless you’re going for a certain look.

i do own one or two nib or non-phosphate bcgs because i got them at a good price.

i came close to buying one of the cryptic coatings several years back but ultimately balked at the price.

 

[SouthernSlammed]

my opinion is that a standard bcm or other quality bcg fits the bill unless you’re going for a certain look.

i do own one or two nib or non-phosphate bcgs because i got them at a good price.

i came close to buying one of the cryptic coatings several years back but ultimately balked at the price.

Am going for a look! The cryptic is insane $.$$!!

 

[Laufen]

Am going for a look! The cryptic is insane $.$$!!

Looks cool though, and that's what matters.

 

[SouthernSlammed]

Looks cool though, and that's what matters.

I think I may be able to go Bad MotherFucker without the cryptic! We shall see!

 

[AtlMedic]

I’d love a black BCG that has a finish doesn’t wear away.

 

[SouthernSlammed]

I’d love a black BCG that has a finish doesn’t wear away.

That ceramic coated one, they state it's gone through a 30k round testing with no wear!

@FatAlbert have you done one in cerekote? How do they hold up?

 

[chance]

I’d love a black BCG that has a finish doesn’t wear away.

DLC is what you seek. Theres some cheaper options out there, but this is really nice for the price
https://store.srcarms.com/product-p/srcxpbcg.htm

 

[AtlMedic]

DLC is what you seek. Theres some cheaper options out there, but this is really nice for the price
https://store.srcarms.com/product-p/srcxpbcg.htm

I’ll have to remember that. Is it a thing I could get my current BCG coated in?

 

[chance]

I’ll have to remember that. Is it a thing I could get my current BCG coated in?

If you can find someone to coat it, yes. I had pretty much all the metal in my g21 done in it

 

[dial1911]

DLC is what you seek. Theres some cheaper options out there, but this is really nice for the price
https://store.srcarms.com/product-p/srcxpbcg.htm

I bought a ZT knife that was titanium coated in DLC (diamond like carbon)... not a scratch on it after lots of carrying around. The finish is pretty darn amazing.

 

[chance]

I bought a ZT knife that was titanium coated in DLC (diamond like carbon)... not a scratch on it after lots of carrying around. The finish is pretty darn amazing.

A couple of the PVD coatings suck, like blue and rainbow, but the DLC and TIN hold up extremely well. I had a pistol barrel done in TIN like 3 or 4 years ago with several thousand rounds shot since then and it still looks perfect

 

[dial1911]

A couple of the PVD coatings suck, like blue and rainbow, but the DLC and TIN hold up extremely well. I had a pistol barrel done in TIN like 3 or 4 years ago with several thousand rounds shot since then and it still looks perfect

Nice- That's good to know. If I could find a place to do DLC on some of my other knives, I'd strip the factory coating off and have the metal done in DLC.

 

[FatAlbert]

That ceramic coated one, they state it's gone through a 30k round testing with no wear!

@FatAlbert have you done one in cerekote? How do they hold up?

I haven't. I imagine the contact points would wear off pretty fast but the rest of the BCG should hold up for a long time.

 

[cmshoot]

I’ve got a couple of 1911’s and a couple of Rem870 bolts done in DLC. Very hard, long lasting finish. Attractive, smooth, satiny black.

I use Sionics NP3-plated BCG’s in both my primary carbines. It’s a silver gray, but that ain’t why I got them. They clean up much easier than a standard BCG. The carbines I have them in cycle smoother than they did with the original BCG’s but are no more reliable as the guns were perfectly reliable before. As NP3 wears it releases more Teflon that is imbedded in the finish. A buddy of mine has a P226 and Beretta 92G, both coated in NP3. He claims that he doesn’t ever lube them.