I just mailed my NULA out to Ultra Coatings in Kansas to get a tough Cerakote finnish applied. Hunting in day after day of heavy rain here in Indiana 2008 deer season, then having to remove action from stock to mop-up moisture and relube told me I needed to do something.
Spoke to Doug there at Ultra and he told me they have done several NULA muzzleloaders in the past. They will media blast to bare metal(yes that beautifull matte blue will be gone), then spray on the heat cure version of the Cerakote black and heat cure at about 300 deg.. I mentioned the ramrod thimble being glue secured, but he indicated that they have not had any problems with these working loose. All components will be Cerakote covered including the breechplug. This material is impervious to moisture and chemicals and is 60 times more durable than teflon finnishes.
The "white" part of the bolt body will get a clear coat, cold cure version of the Cerakote so that it will stay white.The bolt handle will get the black heat cure.
Should be about six weeks to get it back and when I do, I will post pictures of it.
Spoke to Doug there at Ultra and he told me they have done several NULA muzzleloaders in the past. They will media blast to bare metal(yes that beautifull matte blue will be gone), then spray on the heat cure version of the Cerakote black and heat cure at about 300 deg.. I mentioned the ramrod thimble being glue secured, but he indicated that they have not had any problems with these working loose. All components will be Cerakote covered including the breechplug. This material is impervious to moisture and chemicals and is 60 times more durable than teflon finnishes.
The "white" part of the bolt body will get a clear coat, cold cure version of the Cerakote so that it will stay white.The bolt handle will get the black heat cure.
Should be about six weeks to get it back and when I do, I will post pictures of it.