I’m going to spray paint my M1A and acessories. I’ve heard not to paint the barrel as the heat may discolor the paint. Any insight on this would be appreciated.
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Not sure if they still make it, but rust oleum used to make certain colors for high temps. I used it once on an engine block and worked great!
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I never even thought of High temp paint. I will look into that
Some possible inspiration. I put my M1a in a wood stock and bedded it. My “rattle can” is teak oil, leftover from my sailboat 
. Realize that engine blocks are liquid cooled, and rifle barrels aren’t.
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I love the wood stock look better, but synthetic is lighter. Good vid though, I ran into it not long ago myself, saved it onto my phone.
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Great gun either way.
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Absolutely. Not enough credit goes to it
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I’ve had great success with Brownells Alumahyde. I don’t use commercial products when you can get REALLY good gunsmith level products directly from Brownells. Look there first before the trip to Lowe’s.
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Lots of high temp paints on the market, I use VHT brand on bbq grills and especially on headers, if you’re getting your barrel hotter than a set of headers on a hemi, don’t worry about the finish, look for a new barrel.
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Love it.
Good work!
