Re: Idea! Official DTA SRS, HTI, Covert, Hunter Th
Friend of mine just recently used FDE CeraKote H on his DTA magazines, and C (air dry) on his Atlas bipod. These were some of the very first parts he's coated with CeraKote, but he's an old-time GunKote user. I hada laugh a bit when he told me about having to be so careful while handling parts with still wet CK on them - he's so used to warming up parts before using GunKote, and having them ready to handle while loading them in the oven almost immediately.
At any rate, the color/tint match was excellent, and he's very pleased with the way the Atlas turned out with air dry.
We both purchased SRS rifles recently - his with a 243 Win. bbl., and mine a 6.5x47. They're both very accurate - well within the 1/2 MOA DTA guarantees.
My only beef is that there's no easy way to use my AAC MITER mounts on factory DTA bbls., what with the fluting coming so far forward that you'd have to cut into it while turning the muzzle down for the MITER. I'd sure like to be able to mount & use my SCAR-H on my SRS. I've got a call in to a local SOT to find me an AAC 7.62 SDN-6 or SR-7, though it seems a little excessive to have to go through the hassle of finding & buying another can, then having to wait 6+months for the paperwork.
Whatever - as soon as the Bartlein 7mm blank I ordered from them contoured for the SRS gets here, I'll get a bbl. extension and get 'er chambered for a straight 284 Win. Won't be any problem using the MITER on this bbl., though I'm still concerned over being able to get magazines w/o the spacer to work with a 284. Anyone got any info on that issue?