Still waiting on my slide of many colors

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That is going to be paired with a GST-9 frame that I bought in the white and dyed blue.

I went on a tear a few years ago and bought up a munch of white Magpul PMAGs and dyed them... color according to ammo type such as 223 vs 5.56 or 300 BLK. On the subject of 300 BLK... some subsonic variants dont work well in mags designed of 5.56.

I discovered thru trial and error that it's tough to get a specific color using dye. Especially if you are trying to match the color to something like a Cerakoted slide. The color comes out looking different than the color on the bottle of dye. Presumably because of the way the plastic absorbs it. The word I would use to describe this is the color is more muted than one may want. For example, crimson/blood red dye came out looking more like red brick. That's OK. It looked good but not like it was painted the color I really wanted.

The same goes with my blue GS-9 frame. I had a royal blue slide I intended to use with it and the frame just didnt match the royal blue color of the slide after the dye dried. I'm picky about things being matchy-matchy and inspire of my search I could not find a pre-coated slide in the color I wanted. Then I found the Zaffiri that had a curious blend of metallic blues that goes with my dyed frame. Hopefully. What you see on the computer is often different from the color when the art is in front of you. I gambled that it's going to look as I hoped.
 
Still waiting.
 
Zaffiri can be slow. Especially for a custom order.
 
I hate slow.
 
Guilty as charged.

There I was... in San Antonio. It's blazing hot and humid. The tourists are lined up in front of every f$%^ing restaurant on the Riverwalk. I give the concierge at my hotel 40 bucks to get me a table. He calls a friend. The maitre'd escorts me and my lovely date to a table immediately. I give him 20 bucks.

So I paid 60 bucks to not stand in the sweltering heat for two hours behind the retired couple from Toledo who are wearing matching outfits. The date was a success. Worth every cent.

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Bongo Lewi said:
Guilty as charged.

There I was... in San Antonio. It's blazing hot and humid. The tourists are lined up in front of every f$%^ing restaurant on the Riverwalk. I give the concierge at my hotel 40 bucks to get me a table. He calls a friend. The maitre'd escorts me and my lovely date to a table immediately. I give him 20 bucks.

So I paid 60 bucks to not stand in the sweltering heat for two hours behind the retired couple from Toledo who are wearing matching outfits. The date was a success. Worth every cent.

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$60 well-spent!

LOL at the matching outfits. Just kill me if my wife and I even think about doing that!
 
Any special requests? Ammo preference?

No Garanimals!
 
I am f#$%^&*ing pissed.

I have the slide and barrel I ordered from Zaffiri and it is beautiful. It's blue but if you hold it at an angle it changes color. Awesome.

Except it looks like shit with my blue RIT dyed GST-9 frame. See pic.

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I'm going to get a better frame and match it with this gorgeous slide and stainless barrel. This is the second slide I ordered online because it looked like it was matchy-matchy colorwise with this dyed frame - but wasn't. I'm done doing the frame dye thing. I've started hating this frame because of its color. Revealing my true nature as a frame bigot. The truth be known.. I hate the color of this fucking frame. It's going to get tossed in the drawer with my unwanted holsters for a while. Sometime down the road, it's getting Cerakoted once my anger subsides.
 
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Bongo Lewi said:
I am f#$%^&*ing pissed.

I have the slide and barrel I ordered from Zaffiri and it is beautiful. It's blue but if you hold it at an angle it changes color. Awesome.

Except it looks like shit with my blue RIT dyed GST-9 frame. See pic.

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I'm going to get a better frame and match it with this gorgeous slide and stainless barrel. This is the second slide I ordered online because it looked like it was matchy-matchy colorwise with this dyed frame - but wasn't. I'm done doing the frame dye thing. I've started hating this frame because of its color. Revealing my true nature as a frame bigot. The truth be known.. I hate the color of this fucking frame. It's going to get tossed in the drawer with my unwanted holsters for a while. Sometime down the road, it's getting Cerakoted once my anger subsides.
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Linky for the slide?
 

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