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A WC-Co coating with self-lubricating property was deposited by detonation gun (D-gun) process, using a commercial WC-Co powder doped with a MoS2-Ni powder, under a proper spray condition. It is proved that the MoS2 composition in the feed powder was kept, which is attributed to the protection of Ni around it, and its content is a little higher in the resulting coating. Evaluation on sliding wear property indicates that the MoS2 composition plays an important role in lowering both coefficient of friction and wear rate for the resulting coating, which is confirmed by observations on wear track, as well as X-ray photoelectron spectroscope (XPS) results on worn surface. It suggests that the deposition of WC-Co coating with self-lubricating property by D-gun spray is feasible by controlling lubricant powder and spray conditions, which can exhibit higher sliding wear resistance.