[illspirit]

Sorry if this is old, but searching for terms like "slide finish" on the forum brings up like every topic...

Anyhow, I was talking to a friend in Germany, and he pointed out some fun stuff on the German Walther page which I don't remember being there before. After a bit of poking, we tracked down the English version of the stuff on the Umarex site. But, yea, it seems they make a replica paintball version of the P99 with blue (like, blue blue, not blued) and OD slides.

Granted, the finish probably wouldn't hold up well on a real gun, and blue might not be a good idea since it's like the universal training color, but that OD slide on the real thing would be kind of cool. Assuming they're even metal, I imagine it's just some sort of anodized aluminum plating. Either way though, a paintball P99 might still be good for practice or, err, tactical decorating.

 

[Hal8000]

With the modern finishes available, you can have your entire gun finished any way you like it. There are pink ones for ladies, white ones to blend in with a suit shirt, even rainbow colors...
My favorite is still black. I learned a long time ago that when the sun is shinning on your barrel that a lighter color tends to reflect (shin) on the barrel, making the sights just a "tad" harder to "pick up" . So, I'll stay "traditional"...
Each to his own. As long as you have a good gun for a base and you like it, what difference does it make?

 

[ShipWreck]

Yes, one can do pretty much anything. WOnder how an OD frame would look with the same colored slide

I found this pic on the Sig forum earlier this year - some guy's wife wanted this done. CCR did it, iff I remember correctly...

 

[Soybomb]

Quote[/b] (ShipWreck @ Sep. 24 2006,3:08)]Yes, one can do pretty much anything. WOnder how an OD frame would look with the same colored slide

I found this pic on the Sig forum earlier this year - some guy's wife wanted this done. CCR did it, iff I remember correctly...

Wow oh wow. They always say hawaiian shirts are good for concealed carry. I guess thats the ultimate in camoflage for those shirts. You could probably wear it owb with a tucked shirt!

 

[ShipWreck]

I'm too ckicken to do it, but I kinda would love to have my HK USPc fraem duracoated to either a desert tan or some shade of light OD green - then NP3 my slide. But, I still have yet to see a duracoated polymer frame in person. I wanna feel the texture and the scratch resistance before I'd do it. Plus, while I occassionally see colors of refinished guns that look kewl in pics, sometimes the color in the photo can be a little different to what it looks like in real life. I'd have to see some specimens up close before I could make myself do it.

 

[illspirit]

Wow. I did not realize you could do all that. Don't really have much interest in anythign besides black and chrome, so never really looked for many finish options.

I take it that gun right there is the reason Michael Bloomberg banned paint in NYC?

 

[onebigcubano]

I don't know which is funnier.  This pic or the 'gangsta' sights that go on the side of your slide so you can shoot at 90 degrees.  Made my night.