SureFire wants to know your thoughts on whether they should sell a few select adapters (muzzle brakes & Warcomps) in a new FDE Ionbond. The reason they are wondering, there are some pros and cons to the new color.
Pros:
-Looks awesome
-Coating is durable
Cons:
-The adapters will become discolored quickly. This is especially true if shot suppressed, as the device will be fully carbon colored.
Let us know what you think in the comments.
The instagram shooters will buy the crap out of them. Aside from that, the carbon buildup is going to negate any “signature reduction” the color provides rendering this color option absolutely useless. I don’t see the point in this being an option for their suppressor mount line.
…and the discoloration would not be even, leaving the device ugly versus a nice clean line where the discoloration ends.
Yup! I’m a sucker for anything in FDE!
I dont know what the issue is? Put this break on your AR and Never fire anything throught it. It will stay that color forever. Problem solved
A not insignificant number of people will do exactly that.
Hell yeah!
Side note, they should make FDE gunpowder so the carbon is matching. 😀
Is it Friday the 13th, or April 1st?
Asking for a friend….
It would look awesome for a wall hanger build, but totally right about discoloration after the first set of shots.
Yes, more 50 shades of FDE please.
with the variation in PVD and other steel surface coatings, more like 50 million
Will the coating help with the cans getting stuck on the mount?
I love my Surefiew can, but that’s the only drawback, and I’m generally not fond of shooting it off, downrange.
Lube is your friend.
“Lube your tube!” 😉
Questions: Is the coating more durable than what’s on the current offerings? If so, what are the advantages outside of bump/scratch protection? Does carbon buildup on the device negate the effect?
If there isn’t an objectively quantifiable performance enhancement or benefit to the FDE coating, then I don’t see a reason to go through the trouble personally.
If there’s a market for it on Instagram though, and there’s money to be made with little to no associated opportunity cost, sure, why not make them (or even better, do a limited release and marketing campaign around it). Capitalism and free-market economies should be fun, shouldn’t they?
Do it, i think it should be a limited edition thing though, but i doubt it would be around for a long time anyways
If it helps with carbon clean up, ie wipe clean, then yes. If based on color, Instaghey and nothing else…I’ll pass. My Surefire doesn’t care what color goes in the can, as long as it’s clean and doesn’t get stuck. It already gets probed by a few sticks and need a few more “muzzle devices” to be stuck by a few more.
there’s nothing more beautiful than a well-used tool. you aren’t supposed to rattle-can suppressor mounts but underlying color makes a difference; even carbon-stained fde is probably less obtrusive than straight steel. i think it’s a good option to offer.
10/10 would buy
really depends on how you intend to use it
assuming you’re not using a can, the host gun is full fde, and how easily it can clean off/retain this ionbond fde would be my determining factors
Civies and ‘gram stars will love it, so undoubtedly it will sell…buuuuut the first post was dead on: signature reduction entirely negated, aaaand if you actually need that, then you’re going to be running a can anyways. Cool, but a bit superfluous for professional use.
SureFire isnt wondering at all. They are teasing.
It will get released.
And well, even if I like 5 Billion Shades of FDE, I imagene it quite ugly matching a phosphorrated steel barrel.
FDE Cover on a Can, or a FDE Can, okay, but FDE Comp…. mhhhh.
But whatever.
SureFire, better release a Left handed Version of the Rapid Deploy Holster like I asked by Email some time.
Or SureFire, why do you not release a XH55-V-IRC with a Laser mounted ABOVE the light like I asked via Email several times?
Or, why not release any light with just 1x CR123. Or a front-removable battery cover (like taking of the head), so I do not need to zero my damn IR Laser every single freaking time I am going to swap batteries?
Your common sense has no place at Surefire!
Actually, they answered almost all of those in the XVL2-IR-C that they released at SHOT. One 123A, battery comes out the front, laser is high and in line with illumination, and can be used with a Safariland ALS holster.
Yes please; I will buy today!
I remember in the near past, I wasn’t able to purchase ANY muzzle devices for my SOCOM suppressors!
Oh, and yes it looks awesome!
Warcomp pls
Being stuck in a non NFA state and not allowed to own a can I may purchase one just because it’s different. If it gets discolored not a big deal to me but it’s not just gonna sit in my safe to look pretty. I shoot the guns I own and sell off the ones I don’t shoot.
Sell it. Make money. My FDE suppressor and other parts become discolored too.