1911 slide coating wearing off already

[rvb]

looks good. shoot that tool.

paying $ to refinish only to stick it back in a holster never made sense to me ....

-rvb

 

[Tactically Fat]

Your crappy "kit" injection-molded plastic holster is the culprit.

Good thermoplastic, like a Kydex or Boltaron holster won't do this.

 

[bigo334]

Well I plan on going with a Bravo Concealment holster asap, so that should fix my main problem. I am gonna still have AllenM refinish my slide once I figure out if I want to go with black again or a different color.

 

[HamsterStyle]

If you like the current color, it wouldn't be a bad idea to send it back to springfield to be recoated to make sure it wasn't a prep issue or something that was just sped up by the holster.

 

[451_Detonics]

ditch the plastic and get a good leather holster...

 

[wtfd661]

I had one done in Robar's NP3 finish, kind of expensive but is a great finish. I had the entire gun done including the internals and was very happy.

https://robarguns.com/custom-firearm-finishes/np3/

 

[AllenM]

I think it looks better. Bigo334 also had me flush cut and crown the barrel too.

Btw your pistol is done but I wrote your phone number down wrong

 

[bigo334]

It looks awesome AllenM. And I may have told it to you wrong I do it more then I like to admit.

 

[churchmouse]

OK.....I am sitting here staring at my champion.............HHhhhhmmmmmmmm


I hate you guys......Seriously.....

 

[AllenM]

OK.....I am sitting here staring at my champion.............HHhhhhmmmmmmmm


I hate you guys......Seriously.....

BTW I am done with your guide rod tool

 

[churchmouse]

BTW I am done with your guide rod tool

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Your SIL still got my champion operator?

 

[churchmouse]

Your SIL still got my champion operator?

Yup.......loves it.

 

[ChristianPatriot]

Yup.......loves it.

Man that thing was awesome

 

[bigo334]

So do you guys think the VZ Grips MARSOC would go well with the MagPul FDE?

 

[bigo334]

https://vzgrips.com/pistol-grips/1911/operators-ii/operator-iitm-marsoc-g10

 

[RustyHornet]

Yes. Gun turned out well. I love me some VZ grips.

 

[bigo334]

I'm really excited about it. I know that AllenM does great work, and I have been wanting him to work on something for me. Now I am part of the club lol

 

[churchmouse]

Man that thing was awesome

It is even more awesome now.......Much love applied to that one before the SIL absconded with it.

 

[88E30M50]

Honest wear from use adds character imo, shoot the snot out of it! As long as it's not rusting I wouldn't worry about it.

There is a lot of appeal to a gun that's got a lot of patina from doing its job. As much as I love a good Cerakote job, I think I'd just keep going with it. Maybe wipe the holster out once in a while, but otherwise, let the gun keep doing it's job and earning its stripes.