Having just picked up another mag, gots a question about the anno. This one was purchased new by the guy I got it from in June. It is a "stock" Xvalved mag and has the tac rail on it, intelliframe, etc.
The whole marker seems to be more of a satin black, not really gloss, not dust per se. It just has a dull finish overall. I like it for the most part, aside from the valve. It also has a satin feel to it, def not near as glossy or deep as I remember the X valves I owned in the past. The reg half itself shows a great deal of blem in the anno under sunlight. I cannot even get my camera to pick it up as I cannot get focus that close, but to the eye it is very noticable. Looks a lot like overspray from a paint can, but there is nothing "on" the valve, the blem is def under the finish. I have also noticed a somewhat "snowflake" looking characteristic to the finish on the ULE body.
Overall, it is not unpleasing aside from the valve, those blems should have never passed. In defence, if it were assembled and tested under electric light the problem would never have even been seen. Dust parts match quite well, much like they do with the tac body. Since there is no specification on the store between dust and gloss, are all the parts like this now? Are the days of deep, rich anno and good finish on the final polishing done?
As another side note to this observation, it seemed as if the price for the RT "custom" has fallen some from what I remember. So, was the lowering in price brought on by the change made in the anno process?
The whole marker seems to be more of a satin black, not really gloss, not dust per se. It just has a dull finish overall. I like it for the most part, aside from the valve. It also has a satin feel to it, def not near as glossy or deep as I remember the X valves I owned in the past. The reg half itself shows a great deal of blem in the anno under sunlight. I cannot even get my camera to pick it up as I cannot get focus that close, but to the eye it is very noticable. Looks a lot like overspray from a paint can, but there is nothing "on" the valve, the blem is def under the finish. I have also noticed a somewhat "snowflake" looking characteristic to the finish on the ULE body.
Overall, it is not unpleasing aside from the valve, those blems should have never passed. In defence, if it were assembled and tested under electric light the problem would never have even been seen. Dust parts match quite well, much like they do with the tac body. Since there is no specification on the store between dust and gloss, are all the parts like this now? Are the days of deep, rich anno and good finish on the final polishing done?
As another side note to this observation, it seemed as if the price for the RT "custom" has fallen some from what I remember. So, was the lowering in price brought on by the change made in the anno process?
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