XD40/Surefire Duracoat

This is my own personal weapon. I am not that fond of the tan and black, I think it would look better if it were mostly tan with a little black accents, but that is a project for the future. The sure fire, I picked up at the last gun show that I went to, it is a bright little light, I find myself slipping it into my pocket when I leave the house.

thanks for sharing the pics.
I think u should get the frame coated as well...JMO

black crayons and and fill in all the lettering and numbers on the slide. Do the frame in all tan then put black grip tape in spots..

I have that same light in OD....great light! Crappy battery life though. If you want another I'd recommend bass pro....not sure what you paid for it but last one I saw at a gun show was $60 and bass pro usually has them for $40(less if they've got a sale on) and seen em for $25 and $30 on google shopping. I want to pick up a few more whenever I have the cash, need one for my truck, bedside, one to carry and one just in case I have a light mount to fill.

surefire lights are not known for great battery life. Its hard to make a light that will blind someone and have good battery life. My E2 defender will last 15-20 min lol the lens will be hot enough to fry eggs on. my guardian runs on 6 of those batteries and with the high power bulb in it those get drained in about 30 min. The LED version are alot easier on batteries

So far it has lasted 3 weeks, but i only use it a few seconds at a time, the push button on the back is handy. I only paid 30 bucks for it, the vendor had them all marked that at that price, as a matter of fact, I shopped around, and he had the lowest price.

Thats sort of what I was thinking of doing to it, next time I have the duracoat stuff out, not sure when that will be. I think it will turn out ok, doing the slide was just a test to see how well it will hold up.

Beladran wrote:black crayons and and fill in all the lettering and numbers on the slide. Do the frame in all tan then put black grip tape in spots..

+1 this would look really good.

JJACOBS wrote:So far it has lasted 3 weeks, but i only use it a few seconds at a time, the push button on the back is handy. I only paid 30 bucks for it, the vendor had them all marked that at that price, as a matter of fact, I shopped around, and he had the lowest price.

Thats sort of what I was thinking of doing to it, next time I have the duracoat stuff out, not sure when that will be. I think it will turn out ok, doing the slide was just a test to see how well it will hold up.

Ha I'll be looking for him at the next gun show then!

You should, don't expect to find the same color light, that was custom duracoated by myself and Caleb C

JJACOBS wrote:You should, don't expect to find the same color light, that was custom duracoated by myself and Caleb C

Ha I was leaning towards black or od anyway

is that the sub compact ? model?

No it is the service model, first gun I ever bought. I bought it before everyone jumped on the bandwagon. That was back when if it wasnt a glock, then most people would not buy it.

ahh ok I have an xd 40 tac model.

this is just my fun gun. I would like to make it all tan as well

How long did it take (prep, applying, and drying) for the duracoat? On a scale of 1-10, how hard to coat.

It takes about 3 hours, longgun. Me and Caleb C will be glad to do it for you, we have started a business doing this. On a scale of one to ten, its about a 5. Hammer told me if we advertised on the forum, that we should over a discount.

Jjacobs how do I send my xd to you? I want to do something a little wild maybe the winter twig camo pattern?

Where are you located? Maybe we can arrange pickup.

on the coast in waveland

Wow! That is a good bit away from us. Would you be comfortable shipping it, or are you ever near I20? We both live in this area, I think you cannot ship guns without a ffl, maybe you could ship us the pieces you wanted to be legal and all.

Great looking XD, I personally like the Tan/Black Combo, how has it worn so far?, is it flaking or rubbing anywhere?