is the cerakote finish from s&w over the normal finish or instead of. i put a shield with satin aluminum cerakote slide on layaway today and was just wondering about the process

While you may get an authoritative answer here, S&W Customer Support would give the best answer.

I know, they're closed for the weekend and you want to know now. Sorry.

CB3 its not that important i was just wondering if any one knew. i am buying it anyway

I believe that the Cerakote finish is applied instead of the usual Armornite FNC surface treatment and Cerakote isn't a durable as the Armornite treatment.

However, I agree with others that it's worth asking S&W and getting the information right from the source, and would be interested in hearing their response.

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