Been awhile since I read his observations, thanks for refreshing my memory!
And yeah, I agree that the hider is aluminum, with paint, and definitely with some black overspray, little speckles.
The scratches/paint chips that some folks saw as white in the past are in fact the bare aluminum showing through.
I need to update mine with better marker lines, as I've still got my old thin Sharpie lines drawn on a strip of tape, then wrapped around the body.
Not saying I know for sure whether there's a wrap of thin tape on the real one, or the lines were drawn directly on the painted aluminum, but it's certainly a little easier to do it with tape laid flat, draw the lines, then peel tape and wrap around the hider.
I used blue painter's tape on mine, originally, though I think what I should've used is something smoother and thinner. Paint the tape the same color used on the rest of the hider, let that cure, then draw the lines, and then finally wrap the tape around the flash hider.
And yeah, I agree that the hider is aluminum, with paint, and definitely with some black overspray, little speckles.
The scratches/paint chips that some folks saw as white in the past are in fact the bare aluminum showing through.
I need to update mine with better marker lines, as I've still got my old thin Sharpie lines drawn on a strip of tape, then wrapped around the body.
Not saying I know for sure whether there's a wrap of thin tape on the real one, or the lines were drawn directly on the painted aluminum, but it's certainly a little easier to do it with tape laid flat, draw the lines, then peel tape and wrap around the hider.
I used blue painter's tape on mine, originally, though I think what I should've used is something smoother and thinner. Paint the tape the same color used on the rest of the hider, let that cure, then draw the lines, and then finally wrap the tape around the flash hider.
