Why doesn’t Ruger cerakote the cylinder on the Wrangler?

Have any of you heard the reason? I'm guessing it is a cost reduction move.

What is used to color the cylinders black if not black Ceracote?

I like the contrast of the black cylinder with the frame's color.

being that it is a "coating" and Ruger learned long ago when they had the "tri color" Lightweights , that cylinder was a "Martin coat" and did what most parts that are coated will do with use, chip, crack, peel, and on and on look at how many guns the nickel and chrome platings did unusual things.........all too many of us are very hard on the finishes of any "work use" items, and they have NO control over just what we do, what we use, and how it holds up in the long run.................I wish I had a nickel for every cylinder I have redone in the past 49 years...

did what most parts that are coated will do with use, chip, crack, peel,

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Gator89 said:

What is used to color the cylinders black if not black Ceracote?

I like the contrast of the black cylinder with the frame's color.

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rugerguy said:

being that it is a "coating" and Ruger learned long ago when they had the "tri color" Lightweights , that cylinder was a "Martin coat" and did what most parts that are coated will do with use, chip, crack, peel, and on and on look at how many guns the nickel and chrome platings did unusual things.........all too many of us are very hard on the finishes of any "work use" items, and they have NO control over just what we do, what we use, and how it holds up in the long run.................I wish I had a nickel for every cylinder I have redone in the past 49 years...

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I don't have a Wrangler, but I assumed the cylinder was simply "blued." That's what it looks like, to me- steel cylinder, with a smoother/higher polish finish.

I think rugerguy nailed the reason.

the early aluminum cylinders at first were "Martin Coat" ( an aircraft type coating???) and from my conversations with Walt Howe many years ago, the second group of alloy cylinders were a type oif "japanning" blackened?? like an India ink?? he would not or could not tell me the exact process then,,,easier to just go back to the steel and those are "blued".....now with the newer LW alloys the new Wranglers are made to just how Ruger intended back in late 1956-57...........and so many new coatings and finishes,,,,,,hell we are still trying to figure out "target gray", their proprietary dipping and tumbling finish that THEY even gave up on..........gotta love the old college 'try'...........

Hey rugerguy hate to interrupt but is this that target gray Thanks

I'm not rugerguy but that looks like that finish but maybe darker than I remember

Think they put that on some Super Redhawks too …. and something similar is on the USPS Speed Six

Thanks hittman

hey I still got pictures of the last batch of "target gray" guns we got to work on??? ha ha final dis=assembly no less.............



but turned them into "useful" ?? desk top pencil holders.......



sorry LONG story, your guvmint tax dollars at work???

Cylinder is steel. Seems to be blued. The cerakote finish was most likely developed for the zinc alloy grip frame.

Ruger bolts rise early and would mar up ceracoat pretty bad is my guess.