Cerakote Wear

[Rusty Gate]

On the plus side though, taking a dump in the morning I bet the little fellas whizz out!

.....subsonic? I make too much noise now! Haha

 

[camerakote]

I've been applying cerakote for a number of years for customers with high end cameras.
It works
It's better than duracoat. Equal to anodising. Less durable than electroplating.

Cerakote resists chips amd scratches very well. But drop it on a rock, run it along a wall, it will scratch and chip.

It will also wear, as does anodising. For bolts, it is useful as a dry lubricated surface. But, again, it will wear.

It's good stuff. It just isn't a miracle substance.

 

[Jezholmes]

Pre and post cerakote application on a Tikka T3 in .308. In regular use, no damage to the coating yet and no wear (even on the magazine), marks wipe off. A good investment as far as I’m concerned and I’m under no illusion that it’ll last forever, but it’ll help to protect the rifle for sure.

 

[wytonpjs]

Have a read of my post here - Cerakote wear is sadly quite common……

Tikka T3X Lite Wideland Veil Cerakote Problem

A question please for those who also have a T3X Lite in Woodland Veil and for those with Cerakoting experience. In May of this year I bought a brand new T3X Lite in Woodland Veil; 20" .308. The short story of why I ended up with this rifle is that I wanted a lightweight .308 rifle with a 20"...

www.thestalkingdirectory.co.uk

 

[viking90]

I'd say it's better to not spray the bolt and any areas it contacts with at all. The moment the coating wears it makes the whole thing look tatty unfortunately

 

[Ronin]

I’ll take some pics of a bolt from my coyote tonorrow

That was ceracoated when I built the rifle along with the action

The barrel was “rattle canned” with EC weapons paint

Coating on bolt has almost zero wear despite serval thousand cycles ,,,

Depends on who applies the coating I guess ,,,

 

[HonestJohn]

I’ll take some pics of a bolt from my coyote tonorrow

That was ceracoated when I built the rifle along with the action

The barrel was “rattle canned” with EC weapons paint

Coating on bolt has almost zero wear despite serval thousand cycles ,,,

Depends on who applies the coating I guess ,,,

Also depends on bolt tolerances of course. A Mauser 98 is like a small dick in a hookers hole, whereas a custom rem clone, t3, m55/m65 or Mauser m66, mannlicher are, well, probably better not draw more analogies,,. A tight fit will certainly caused greater and more immediate wear for the obvious reasons, esp. if the work is not 10% top dollar to start with, but even then.

The black burnish coating Mauser uses I think is probably one of the best I've seen and handled. Presumably too difficult to do aftermarket sadly.

 

[Ronin]

Also depends on bolt tolerances of course. A Mauser 98 is like a small dick in a hookers hole, whereas a custom rem clone, t3, m55/m65 or Mauser m66, mannlicher are, well, probably better not draw more analogies,,. A tight fit will certainly caused greater and more immediate wear for the obvious reasons, esp. if the work is not 10% top dollar to start with, but even then.

The black burnish coating Mauser uses I think is probably one of the best I've seen and handled. Presumably too difficult to do aftermarket sadly.

So a PGW Coyote action which is slip fit should by those analogies wear ,,,?

 

[HonestJohn]

So a PGW Coyote action which is slip fit should by those analogies wear ,,,?

One would think, based at least on cerakoat work I've seen and what one hears. But it may just be most in the trade just don't cut the mustard and a top job will hold up. If you can keep the coating on an asstight bolt, you're definitely top of a very short list of people to work with

 

[Rusty Gate]

It’s pretty crap when you read the sails hype on their own site

 

[Ronin]

So, as promised some pics

This is from my own stalking rifle - used for a variety of range work, high intensity culling and deer managment on a normal scale

The rifle is used weekly at max frequency in all weathers

It is a PGW Coyote action that was bought “in the white” and fitted by me to a PSE E Tac stock ans Bartlein barrel

The action and bolt was ceracoated by Liquid Steel Design when I made it five years ago

The bolt has been cycled in excess of 3000 times -is close fitting to the action (not sloppy) but bear in mind this is the same action used for the Canadian sniper rifle of the same name - it was bought as a stand alone action and bottom metal

It is tighter in my view than the equivalent Accuracy International action

I was extremely lucky to manage to get hold of it and I’ll never part with it - it’s that good

The bolt has been greased and cleaned before and after use as part of normal cleaning ans maintainence reigime

No more than that

Rear of shroud ans saftey

Upper bolt shaft

Bolt head

Bolt handle

Secondary Cam

So as you can see the coating in a high contact - use item has fared very well in my opinion

Yes there is some polishing of contact points but very limited

The coating has maintained integrity and not worn to bare metal along the bolt shaft where it contacts the action raceway or lower area where the single stack mag presents and the cartridge rubs under spring tension

 

[camerakote]

So, as promised some pics

This is from my own stalking rifle - used for a variety of range work, high intensity culling and deer managment on a normal scale

The rifle is used weekly at max frequency in all weathers

It is a PGW Coyote action that was bought “in the white” and fitted by me to a PSE E Tac stock ans Bartlein barrel

The action and bolt was ceracoated by Liquid Steel Design when I made it five years ago

The bolt has been cycled in excess of 3000 times -is close fitting to the action (not sloppy) but bear in mind this is the same action used for the Canadian sniper rifle of the same name - it was bought as a stand alone action and bottom metal

It is tighter in my view than the equivalent Accuracy International action

I was extremely lucky to manage to get hold of it and I’ll never part with it - it’s that good

The bolt has been greased and cleaned before and after use as part of normal cleaning ans maintainence reigime

No more than that

Rear of shroud ans saftey

Upper bolt shaft

Bolt head

Bolt handle

Secondary Cam

So as you can see the coating in a high contact - use item has fared very well in my opinion

Yes there is some polishing of contact points but very limited

The coating has maintained integrity and not worn to bare metal along the bolt shaft where it contacts the action raceway or lower area where the single stack mag presents and the cartridge rubs under spring tension

Yes, this is what I would expect. Gradual wear over time. I would suggest a slacker fit would probably wear more than a tight one.
But, surface prepared and coating applied properly, with the appropriate flash off and baking, it'll last a very long time.