Originally Posted by sabotloader

No.. I do not trying to say that at all... If you like the gun shoot If I liked the gun - it would be terribly hard to give it up.

I am just thinking, and I do not know for sure at all, but there must be a reason thay are adding the coating to the rifle. That is not a inexpensive operation... The other thing I would suggest... I think stainless is the preferred option for many people... CVA has to know this, I know that TC does, but the cost of stainless creates a problem when you are trying to offer a less expensive ML.

There is also another possibility that comes to mind... Since the recieiver is aluminum and the barrel is stainless are they just trying to match the aluminum color of the reciever to the stainless color on the barrel. In that case a coating would be the perfect answer cosmetic answer.

Whatever it is still the pits if the coating will not stay on.

The guys that apply Black Ice Coatings seem to have that problem whipped.