Cerakoting my P226 - A Pictorial

[Crysknife1013]

So crysknife can you upload the picture of just your barrel post-cerakote and post-fitting so I can get a gauge of where you dremel'd and sanded? Was it deep enough that you bit into the actual steel?

Barrel Breach View [A] by dalipiojr, on Flickr


Barrel Breach View [B] by dalipiojr, on Flickr


Barrel Breach View [C] by dalipiojr, on Flickr


Barrel Breach View [D] by dalipiojr, on Flickr


Underside of Muzzle by dalipiojr, on Flickr


Front of Hood [A] by dalipiojr, on Flickr


Front of Hood [B] by dalipiojr, on Flickr


Front of Hood [C] by dalipiojr, on Flickr


Underside of feed ramp by dalipiojr, on Flickr

Where you see bare metal is pretty much where I ground and sanded.

Where the Cerakote has been scraped off and worn down is actually just the wear and tear from shooting 50 rounds through the pistol after I refit the barrel, reassembled and took it to the range to test fire.

[Crysknife1013]

P.S. The nicks and dents you see on the feed ramp are NOT from grinding or sanding. I believe those were caused when the barrel was not going all the way up into the ejection port and so while trying to reassemble the pistol, the feed ramp was getting caught (and rammed) against the locking block...

[chozenfew805]

OP! Keep us updated with a report on durability and other lessons learned.

[scfrogmansc]

Your 1911 is sick, frogman!

Do you actually shoot it? Or does it sit in a glass case for everyone to ogle and admire?

yeah i put 300 rd through it already everything works great!

[ljgrasso]

Gun looks great, thanks for sharing your experience.

[syferstream]

Thanks for the pics crysknife. I would be pulling my hair out if anything happened to my hypothetical ~$900 - $1000 hand gun. You went at that barrel with the mind of a surgeon and the will of a soldier.

How's the accuracy of the barrel?

[Crysknife1013]

How's the accuracy of the barrel?

Hard to say... The accuracy of the shooter wasn't all that great to begin with

But when I test fired it, I was getting about the same size groups as before I messed things up. So I hope it's just me and not the barrel.

[Beach1]

Great story, glad u fixed it.

[r6guy85]

Ill be glad to take that sig off your hands sorry you had such a terrible experience.......how much you want for it?