finish is already wearing on my glock?

On one hand I really love the shiny more durable finish, but the dull finish sure does provide a better gripping surface on the slide.
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My only Glock (Gen4 G17) has the shiny "teflon" finish. From everything I've read, it's super-durable, but if I relied on the gun for any practical purpose rather than letting it gather dust in my safe, I'd prefer the dull (basic black oxide?) finish for that reason. I'd hate to have to get a grip on that slide in an emergency situation in the rain, with a bloody hand, etc.
 
I've had mine for about a year and a half and mine shows wear in a lot of the same places you describe, briandg. I think it's normal, and from what I've been able to tell (from reading the Font of All Knowledge known as the internet), that wear is really just the surface treatment, and shouldn't really affect anything. As I understand it, the metal underneath also went through a hardening process of some kind and that's the real key to durability.

Besides, I like a little honest wear on my guns.
 
I have clint eastwood eyes. They guys I know call it a character mark. Some others say it can scare children.

My wife calls it a good reason to wear sunglasses.
 
Over the years I have slowly but surely accepted wear and don't let it bother me as much, any little mark used to drive me crazy. The ONLY solution if you want to keep a gun you use wear free, is to get another and leave it in the safe.

briandg said:
I have clint eastwood eyes. They guys I know call it a character mark. Some others say it can scare children.

My wife calls it a good reason to wear sunglasses.
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This gave me a laugh because I can relate. I can't tell you the amount of times people have asked me if I am mad or ****** off when it's the furthest from the truth, it doesn't help that my eyes look pure black.
 
I am at deer camp doing some hunting with my youngest girl. I brought along the newly acquired G22 with the dull finish and it's riding in a Serpa holster. I figured a good weekend out and about in the woods in a Serpa should give it a little workout and maybe even acquire a few character marks along the way.

I'd also love to shoot some varmints with it.:D
 
I have a 17 that is shot once or twice a week, and has been, pretty much every week for 5 years now. I also use it for my dry fire practice, and its in and out of both kydex and leather holsters daily. I also carry a couple of others daily.

The normal wear spots on all of them, seems to be the extractor and the slide stop. The one that gets shot and handled constantly, and is in and out of holsters a lot, shows a little more wear on the corners of the muzzle end of the slide, on top of the front sight, and in a couple of spots around the ejection port.

Heres what that gun looked like back in August, when it passed the 70,000 round mark......

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The only spot Ive ever seen rust on any of my Glocks, has been on a slide stop that had the finish worn off, and was carried in a somewhat sweat soaked, leather IWB holster for awhile. Other than that, and regardless of any apparent finish wear, nothing.
 
It's a tool.....all my tools show the signs of usage....
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I really hate this old cliche. By the very definition, anything that serves a particular purpose is a tool, that doesn't mean you need to treat your gun the same way you treat your hammer. While I can accept honest wear on a gun, I am not going to toss my gun into a toolbox full of tools like I would a hammer, just because it's a tool. Your car could be considered a tool, but I don't know anyone who will just casually scratch up their car and so, oh well, it's a tool.
 
I really hate this old cliche. By the very definition, anything that serves a particular purpose is a tool, that doesn't mean you need to treat your gun the same way you treat your hammer. While I can accept honest wear on a gun, I am not going to toss my gun into a toolbox full of tools like I would a hammer, just because it's a tool. Your car could be considered a tool, but I don't know anyone who will just casually scratch up their car and so, oh well, it's a tool.
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Word.
 
My Glock 41 has wear on the same spots and even on the left from side by the muzzle. From all the holstering and unholstering. Not to mention a plethora of range days and training lately.


Perfectly normal. See it as a badge of progress.
 
Not referring to the OP here, but I just have to say that I find it deeply amusing that Glock fans of all people seem more concerned about finish wear on their Glock CCWs than just about any other subset of handgun owners are with any other type of handgun. It's a bona fide collective obsession over on Glocktalk.
 
ain't that a hoot. The perfect gun gathering attention because it doesn't look perfect? Must really irritate them.

I want my nice walnut rifles to look perfect. I like my nicely done revolvers to keep looking nice. It's going to irritate me a bit as this thing wears out, but I expect it to.

A knife? I don't care if it stays shiny. It by all that's holy better stay intact. A chip in a knife is a good reason to give it away.
 
I just have to say that I find it deeply amusing that Glock fans of all people seem more concerned about finish wear on their Glock CCWs than just about any other subset of handgun owners are with any other type of handgun.
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It is kind of silly, especially considering how easy most of the other finishes tend to go to pot pretty quick, when carried daily in less than nice conditions.

I have to wonder sometimes too, how much/often some people actually carry their guns and what they carry them in, that they expect they will remain pristine. Anything Ive carried over the years, usually wasnt very pretty, just a few months later, especially in the pre kydex holster era. Even then, they still get pretty beat up if youre wearing them every waking moment, and especially if youre the least bit active. Add to that, constant practice with what you use, and things just multiply.

Glocks finish was something I wanted badly for, on a number of other guns over the years, and I even called Glock to see if they would do some of them, which of course, they refused. I ended up settling for hard chrome, until I came back around to Glocks.

It by all that's holy better stay intact. A chip in a knife is a good reason to give it away.
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Any you get chipped, send my way. :)

That is why they make files you know.
 
zzz

Consider this...I just finished repainting my 6 y/o Saiga 223 at first glance the paint looked decent enough, paint came off like water colors. Hilarious. If the op Glock is that bad send it to Glock the way I see it theres a 50/50 chance they may remedy the finish I beileve for the first year. Im shure someone will correct me if wrong. Ive gotten only great cs from Glock. And for those wise guys no I dont beleive the Glock is a miracle gun. But gen 2 17 has worked well for me since 93 40k rds and going and yes it has freegin scratches part of the game imo.
 
@ dragline and Austin. ...assume much??? Did I say mistreat it.???? You can do all the mental gyrations you want, but for me and my band, firearms are a tool that get dirty when used, scratched and break. Doesn't mean I mistreat them but they get used.
 
Perhaps Glock uses a different finishing process than it did in the early '90's. I have abused the heck out of my Glock 17 over the years and it shows very little finish wear.
 
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