Hiland arms Cerakote and the Ak47 torture test

[cimino289]

I've got nothing but good things to say my friends not only about the Bulgarian Ak47 but also how the cerakote held up. In 1,000 rounds of fire (no lube and no cleaning mind you) it never jammed, no ftf, not a single hiccup. Now when you look at the pictures keep in mind the barrel used to the the same color as the receiver. At around the 600 round mark the cerakote went from just a slight darker tone to the color it is now. It also started to smell like burning hair for some reason idk. It took a couple hours to clean this thing but it was an interesting ride. I know I'm not reinventing the wheel here but I wanted to share my experience with cerakote and Arsenal Ak47s. Also I didn't notice the gun ran a little hotter after the cerakote but I expected it would hold some heat.

 

[BLIP]

Okay what was the reason for not cleaning it? Torture test?

 

[cimino289]

Okay what was the reason for not cleaning it? Torture test?

pretty much. I also noticed after shooting all day I was half way there any ways. might as well go all the way

 

[BLIP]

Bravo Fatal_Bert

 

[cimino289]

I will say carbon and unburned powder rolled off of the coating but that piston head was a bear to clean along with the gas tube. The most interesting thing was the barrel came clean in 3 patches

 

[Fatal_Bert]

You fired 1000 rounds through her in one day?

 

[bambam]

Bubbles Attack!!!

 

[cimino289]

You fired 1000 rounds through her in one day?

2 and a half days

 

[Fatal_Bert]

2 and a half days

How much of that was rapid fire? Cerakote C-series is recommended for automatic barrels and suppressors. It's not as durable as H-Series but handles extreme heat much better.

 

[cimino289]

Fatal_Bert there were only like 4 mag dumps the whole two days the rest were very slow target shooting