New Slide Installed

[offrdmania]

Thanks Eric for the 316L Farmingdale R9s slide. I bead blasted and assembled it this morning. It fits the frame perfectly.

[ECR]

You are quite welcome. It looks great and I am glad the surfaces mated together without going to a gunsmith for the swap. Good for all of us! Nice job on the bead blasting by the way. Ha Haa. . . . .

Regards,

Eric R.

[tattoo]

Looks great hoping Eric finds a slide for me

[tracker]

Do you plan to anodize the slide Eric sent you or leave it in a bead blasted state?

[MRC]

Anodize stainless steel?

[tracker]

My mistake. Apparently, it can be done but not usually advisable or necessary. I was wondering if a protective coating of some kind would be helpful after bead blasting the slide to prevent future surface problems.   

[Brenden]

Well that's one way to get a Farmie! 

[MikeInTexas]

Well that's one way to get a Farmie! 

I am unashamed to admit that is how I got mine also.



 

[ECR]

My mistake. Apparently, it can be done but not usually advisable or necessary. I was wondering if a protective coating of some kind would be helpful after bead blasting the slide to prevent future surface problems.

There sure is Tracker . . . . . At the factory we called it oil. (Just bustin' your chops. lol) That said, being the slide is made from 416 stainless steel, you are pretty much in good shape to simply give it a wipe down with an oil rag and it's good to go. Nothing more is necessary really.

Have a great night!

Regards,

Eric R.

[tracker]

What is the point of bead blasting it other than a flat finish appearance?

[offrdmania]

What is the point of bead blasting it other than a flat finish appearance?

When Eric sent it to me, it was still in its raw/rough state and hadnt been finished yet. I bead blasted it to give the same finish as what you see on a new R9 that left the shop.

[tracker]

Ok, thanks for clarifying.

[ECR]

Bead blasting our slides, and most parts for that matter, did two things. . . . . First and foremost, it was used as a deburring process. Secondly, we also used it as a final finish look. All R9 slides were bead blasted twice. . . . Once with a coarse bead (red oxide) and secondly with a finer glass bead for the final finish. By the way, this was all done by hand.

Eric R.