Firearm Metal Finishing

If you want to prolong the life of any metal part and overall performance, it's best practice to finish it. Metal finishing is important for a few distinct reasons. One, it helps extend product lifespan by reducing corrosion and wear. And two, performing the right kind of metal finishing can also help enhance part or all of a product's aesthetics. When it comes to firearms, both are important. Light Metals Coloring is here to help by providing firearm anodizing for various aluminum components and parts. Read on to learn more about our firearm anodizing services.

Your Ideal Partner for the Firearms Industry

Firearms can be subjected to harsh environments, whether for law enforcement, hunting, or recreation at a shooting range. Such settings may include extreme heat, high altitudes, and even contact with dirt and debris that could dull finishes and damage the device. That's where a custom anodizing solution can pay dividends for firearms and firearm part components.

Firearm Parts & Components

Firearm products, parts, and components often face harsh conditions, ranging from extreme heat to high altitudes. At LMC, we proudly provide the firearm industry with custom metal finishing solutions for a wide range of parts and components, including:

• Upper receivers
• Lower receivers
• Barrels
• Bolts
• Magazines
• Military & defense components

Firearm Anodizing Services

Anodizing is a process we deploy at Light Metals Coloring so that aluminum parts and components resist corrosion, increase durability, enhance aesthetics, as well as meet compliance and regulations. 

High-Precision Anodizing

For parts that need high-quality, accurate components, our high-precision anodizing services are best suited for high-end parts.

High-Precision Hard Coat

Another high-volume output service, this hard coat anodizing offering, provides a tough, durable finish that's designed to last. 

Bright Dip

Bright dipping is a preferred pre-treatment method for firearm parts before the anodizing process, creating a smoother surface. It has several significant advantages over other surface treatments, making it the obvious choice when cosmetic finishes are critical to your product.

All of our anodizing services mentioned above can be deployed for firearm anodizing; it's just a matter of what process makes the most sense for your component or application. In addition, we can take care of just about all your component and material needs, including pre-finishes. The pre-finishes we have available are degreasing (specialized cleaning for high-precision anodizing) and blasting (grit/glass bead) for high-precision hard coats.

Anodized Aluminum Coloring Process for Firearm Finishes 

After cleaning, degreasing, blasting, and coating is complete, the aluminum part is then submerged into a dye bath for the desired color.  For the firearms industry, black is the color of choice. However, there are a variety of colors available to choose from.  Keeping in mind that the hard coat process inherently gives a dark undertone to the base material, other color choices are usually kept (but not limited) to:

• Lusterless Black to Fed Color standard 595, Approximate Black No. 37038 but not lighter than Gray No. 36076
• Clear Hard Coat
• Olive Drab
• Flat Dark Earth (FDE)
• Coyote
• Gray
• Brown

Learn more and get started by contacting Light Metals Coloring today.

Contact Light Metals Coloring for Firearm Anodizing

As experts in aluminum anodizing and metal finishing since 1945, we work to become a valid extension of your business in the industries that we work in. Contact us today for more information on how we can help with finishing and anodizing your firearm components.