Purple Stainless?

paintballwannab · 01-21-2007, 09:32 PM

I picked up this mag the other day, completly love it just wish previous owner hadn't cut the trigger guard.
Anyway i know the alumn. is anno'd but what was done or most likely done to the steel to get this finish? Its almost like the steel was anno'd but i know that can't be done.

And also a aprox. value for this mag

classic RT
Intelli w/ cut trigger frame
level 10

kidneythief · 01-24-2007, 12:33 PM

It may mot be steel. It could very well be Aluminum or Titanium. To my knowledge those are the only two metals that are anodizable. Its also hard to tell from the pic what the actual hue is. If it is indeed steel then it could have been blued.

-Jake

incynr8 · 01-24-2007, 12:37 PM

Looks like a finish like urethane paint or powdercoat.

Robertsr · 01-24-2007, 02:53 PM

Actually that looks like bawitheba from AO's test body for a new type of rainbow/aurora plating.

I remember that cut frame pretty clearly. If this is the gun I'm thinking of, it was a test run for a new plating process that was similar to Aurora plating without the inherent problems associated with hitting your metal gun with 40,000 volts.

russc · 01-24-2007, 03:39 PM

That was my first thought as well. Looks quite a bit like the one on AO.

paintballwannab · 01-24-2007, 11:13 PM

Thats where i got it from, actually traded a classic RT black straight up for it.

Lenny · 01-25-2007, 04:58 AM

Dang. Good deal! Either way, the thing looks sweet.

SN toter · 01-25-2007, 07:01 AM

yeah, I sold that to bawithaba a year or two ago...the body was polished ss and the frame was chrome at that time though....

I don't know who cut the frame, thats how it came to me.

Can't remember what I sold it for...$265-300ish probably?

paintballwannab · 01-25-2007, 04:39 PM

wonder why your previous owner decided to cut it, I can't seem to figure out what would be the point of it.

russc · 01-25-2007, 04:54 PM

If it didn't have a hole in the frame already, cutting it would make removal with an allen wrench slightly easier.

01-21-2007, 09:32 PM	#1 (permalink)
paintballwannab Seasoned Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: youngstown OH Posts: 625	Purple Stainless? I picked up this mag the other day, completly love it just wish previous owner hadn't cut the trigger guard. Anyway i know the alumn. is anno'd but what was done or most likely done to the steel to get this finish? Its almost like the steel was anno'd but i know that can't be done. And also a aprox. value for this mag classic RT Intelli w/ cut trigger frame level 10 __________________ Ebay http://myworld.ebay.com/paintballwannab/ Mcarterbrown.com http://mcarterbrown.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8131 Automags.org http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=119312 PBnation http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=1868673

01-24-2007, 12:33 PM	#2 (permalink)
kidneythief Lord humungus the Mod Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Home Finally!!! Posts: 2,372	It may mot be steel. It could very well be Aluminum or Titanium. To my knowledge those are the only two metals that are anodizable. Its also hard to tell from the pic what the actual hue is. If it is indeed steel then it could have been blued. -Jake __________________ "I wish simply to be a decent person, yet I will always fear the retards" -Brian Hindt(geech) "Every man knows he is, basically, a complete sissy compared to Johnny Cash." - Bono LPPC member #24 MCB Moderator Machinist for hire Kidney Machine

01-24-2007, 02:53 PM	#4 (permalink)
Robertsr Ultimate Battle Monkey Z Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Waynesboro, VA Posts: 3,133	Actually that looks like bawitheba from AO's test body for a new type of rainbow/aurora plating. I remember that cut frame pretty clearly. If this is the gun I'm thinking of, it was a test run for a new plating process that was similar to Aurora plating without the inherent problems associated with hitting your metal gun with 40,000 volts. __________________ Geriatrically Assured Destruction

01-24-2007, 03:39 PM	#5 (permalink)
russc Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 4,107	That was my first thought as well. Looks quite a bit like the one on AO. __________________ YouTube Channel / Raincouver! / Gallery / Feedback / Blackleaf Outfitters -Russ

01-24-2007, 11:13 PM	#6 (permalink)
paintballwannab Seasoned Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: youngstown OH Posts: 625	Thats where i got it from, actually traded a classic RT black straight up for it. __________________ Ebay http://myworld.ebay.com/paintballwannab/ Mcarterbrown.com http://mcarterbrown.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8131 Automags.org http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=119312 PBnation http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=1868673

01-24-2007, 12:37 PM	#3 (permalink)
incynr8 .:\|Purification Admin\|:. Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: PA Posts: 5,046	Looks like a finish like urethane paint or powdercoat.

01-25-2007, 07:01 AM	#8 (permalink)
SN toter Yup, I had a Super Nova Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ambridge, PA Posts: 964	yeah, I sold that to bawithaba a year or two ago...the body was polished ss and the frame was chrome at that time though.... I don't know who cut the frame, thats how it came to me. Can't remember what I sold it for...$265-300ish probably? __________________ Toter's Myspace AO feedback MCB feedback

01-25-2007, 04:39 PM	#9 (permalink)
paintballwannab Seasoned Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: youngstown OH Posts: 625	wonder why your previous owner decided to cut it, I can't seem to figure out what would be the point of it. __________________ Ebay http://myworld.ebay.com/paintballwannab/ Mcarterbrown.com http://mcarterbrown.com/forums/showthread.php?t=8131 Automags.org http://www.automags.org/forums/showthread.php?t=119312 PBnation http://www.pbnation.com/showthread.php?t=1868673

01-25-2007, 04:54 PM	#10 (permalink)
russc Newbie Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Vancouver, BC Posts: 4,107	If it didn't have a hole in the frame already, cutting it would make removal with an allen wrench slightly easier. __________________ YouTube Channel / Raincouver! / Gallery / Feedback / Blackleaf Outfitters -Russ

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