Glock and holsters - light marks on slide

ThePunisher

ThePunisher

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Good day/bad day - tried my new G17 today-worked flawless:) - I love my Glock!
However, not so in love with my Uncle Mikes plastic holster-it seems to have left a few light marks on my slide - is there anyway of preventing this in the future short of changing holsters? It's one of those holsters with adjustable tension (2 screws). I tried rubbing the slide with CLP, and the marks are definetly less noticable, but still - are holsters that hard on the finish of a gun?
 
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The tenifer finish rates at a 69 Rc hardness level. Those marks should rub off with some oil or gun cleaner. However, repeated cycles from a holster as well as firing will wear away at the finish.

TDC
 
The tenifer finish on the Glock is a grey finish under the black,the black covering over the tenifer isnt very resistant to wear.Plastic holsters can be pretty tough on a (any) guns finish,especially if any dust gets on the inside of the holster.Best to live with the fact that if you will be drawing a gun from a holster the finish will wear,especially on high spots,some say it gives the gun some character!
 
'You show up at my range with a pristine pistol and fret over every little scratch on it and I'll mock and cajole you as a sissy...
A gun should look a bit "used".
Holster wear, scratches and dings are badges of honour a gun should wear with pride...
If you want your gun to "look" good forever leave it in your safe and take up something like knitting or scrap-booking...:D
 
The only way to keep holster wear off a pistol is to leave it in the safe. That's what happens when you actually use a pistol instead of just owning one.

My Glock 17 is 9 months old, has about 5k through it, is holster worn and scratched, and looks far better now than when it was new, IMHO.
 
any man who calls himself "The Punisher" will likely have to pistol whip some gang-bangers with his glock at some point. i'd be more worried about prying teeth out of the polymer than some little scratches in the slide.
 
After one year of extensive holster use and rapid drawing and firing my Glock has only minimal wear considering the hundreds of draws.

A little weathering makes it look meaner in my opinion.
 
667 said:
'You show up at my range with a pristine pistol and fret over every little scratch on it and I'll mock and cajole you as a sissy...
A gun should look a bit "used".
Holster wear, scratches and dings are badges of honour a gun should wear with pride...
If you want your gun to "look" good forever leave it in your safe and take up something like knitting or scrap-booking...:D
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Haha - scrap booking sucks, and someone could put their eye out with one of those knitting needles;) - everything is so damned dangerous!:)

manboy said:
any man who calls himself "The Punisher" will likely have to pistol whip some gang-bangers with his glock at some point. i'd be more worried about prying teeth out of the polymer than some little scratches in the slide.
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Well, the Glock is more for play - pistol whipping punk a$$ gang bangers is strictly 1911 territory:D
 
Probably cause the new Tenifer finish isnt as tough as the old one...my buddies Gen 1 gun shows almost no holster wear..my USP has minor wear and this is after lots of holster use..

Wear depends on quality of finish...
 
USP said:
Probably cause the new Tenifer finish isnt as tough as the old one...my buddies Gen 1 gun shows almost no holster wear..my USP has minor wear and this is after lots of holster use..

Wear depends on quality of finish...
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??? Where did you hear this? Why on earth would Glock, who now has all this competition out there, go with a "less tough" finish? Makes no sense IMHO. I need proof on this one or else I call:bsFlag:
 
Clobbersauras said:
??? Where did you hear this? Why on earth would Glock, who now has all this competition out there, go with a "less tough" finish? Makes no sense IMHO. I need proof on this one or else I call:bsFlag:
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They stopped using cyanide salts because they were bad for the environment. Not sure oif it ahs anythign to do with scrath resitance though.
 
Stevo said:
The only way to keep holster wear off a pistol is to leave it in the safe. That's what happens when you actually use a pistol instead of just owning one.

My Glock 17 is 9 months old, has about 5k through it, is holster worn and scratched, and looks far better now than when it was new, IMHO.
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Even my pistols in the safe gets scratches on it, Happens when you got too many pistols in the small space :D
 
Tenifer is a metal treatment that hardens the surfaces of the firearm (barrel and slide on a Glock). It has nothing to do with the actual finish which is applied over top of the tenifer treated object. You can completely buff off the finish, and not affect the Tenifer.

Glock used to have a dull, almost dark grey finish on their slides that were far more prone to wear. Either late second generation or early third generation guns changed to the darker, smoother more wear resistant finish. If you don't want to have any wear to the finish, don't use a holster, use a foam lined case.

Auggie D.
 
Auggie Doggie said:
Tenifer is a metal treatment that hardens the surfaces of the firearm (barrel and slide on a Glock). It has nothing to do with the actual finish which is applied over top of the tenifer treated object. You can completely buff off the finish, and not affect the Tenifer.

Glock used to have a dull, almost dark grey finish on their slides that were far more prone to wear. Either late second generation or early third generation guns changed to the darker, smoother more wear resistant finish. If you don't want to have any wear to the finish, don't use a holster, use a foam lined case.

Auggie D.
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Foam lined cases look so 80's on your belt though.....you get wierd looks on the firing line as well....:)
 
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