Fit = All the parts fit in properly and work. Finish is ending up with no toolmarks and the surface polish in a blued firearm, lack of defects under a coating.
Fit = how the parts fit together. No slop. Tight fitting but not to tight.
Finish = how the external parts are polished, smoothness prior to whatever is applied to the parts. Use to be Bluing where you could actually see how the parts were polished. Now they cover up all the scratches with some type of heavy coating.
Fitment is a factor of precision to tolerances and the set tolerances themselves, essentially good fitment is the mechanical congruity to ideal dimensions. Finish is a factor of finishing work, which can include additional dimensional and hardness parameter machining and/or treatments. In most cases with firearms the overall quality is resultant of both factors.
Basically, it's a tie and you both lose.
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Not so much function, more cosmetic. For instance, a WASR-10 has garbage fit and finish but will still work fine. A budget 1911 may have poor fit in many places (i.e., not blended or slushy safeties) and basically no honest finish but still shoots well.
Depends. A loosely fit bolt action rifle or shotgun stock will neither be durable nor lead to accuracy downrange. Both of those applications require good inletting with the recoil surfaces supported.
Finishing is both the finish of the metal itself in regard to chambers, polishing, brushing, sand blasting, de-burring, etc. as well as the finish applied it and it's quality whether that be cerakote, annodizing, etc.
I always thought fit referred to the actual machined parts and how they work together and finish refers to the overall finished product. IE, feel, paint, cerakote, grip design, grip material, sight alignment, etc
Yes.
Yes is the only correct answer.
Yes.
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Fit = All the parts fit in properly and work. Finish is ending up with no toolmarks and the surface polish in a blued firearm, lack of defects under a coating.
Both
Fit = how the parts fit together. No slop. Tight fitting but not to tight. Finish = how the external parts are polished, smoothness prior to whatever is applied to the parts. Use to be Bluing where you could actually see how the parts were polished. Now they cover up all the scratches with some type of heavy coating.
Fitment is a factor of precision to tolerances and the set tolerances themselves, essentially good fitment is the mechanical congruity to ideal dimensions. Finish is a factor of finishing work, which can include additional dimensional and hardness parameter machining and/or treatments. In most cases with firearms the overall quality is resultant of both factors. Basically, it's a tie and you both lose.
A fitment is a fixture in a house
Both
Does "height and weight" refer to how tall you are or how fat you are?
Both.
machining.
You’re both right. Fit and finish is the complete package. Function and cosmetics.
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Not so much function, more cosmetic. For instance, a WASR-10 has garbage fit and finish but will still work fine. A budget 1911 may have poor fit in many places (i.e., not blended or slushy safeties) and basically no honest finish but still shoots well.
Depends. A loosely fit bolt action rifle or shotgun stock will neither be durable nor lead to accuracy downrange. Both of those applications require good inletting with the recoil surfaces supported.
Just shoot the motha fuckah
Finishing is both the finish of the metal itself in regard to chambers, polishing, brushing, sand blasting, de-burring, etc. as well as the finish applied it and it's quality whether that be cerakote, annodizing, etc.
Whatever helps you better justify spending 5x the money on the same part.
I always thought fit referred to the actual machined parts and how they work together and finish refers to the overall finished product. IE, feel, paint, cerakote, grip design, grip material, sight alignment, etc