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Seems like anymore I never get to take it out of holster except to clean out the lint once a month. Bad weather and no free time = no matches or range time.
Guess I am lucky, been carrying my G19 for almost 2 years and almost no holster wear.
Originally Posted by Irving
Right?
Basic maintenance is for chumps!
Obviously not a golfer.
I know. Next you're going to tell us about how you change your oil and even shower occassionally.
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I think it was Clint Smith who said when he died, he wanted everyone to raid his gun safes and say "Awwww, man. These guns are all worn out!"
Holster wear is sexy. This pic is a few years old. The side just says "Special Force" now...
Everyone post up pics of your holster wear!
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My carry gun is a lot like my wife...a little worn around the edges, but a perfect fit for me, and does what I need when I need it to. The gun is a lot lower maintenance, though...
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A couple years ago a friend of mine got a great deal on an HK P7M8. The gun was mechanically perfect but had obviously been carried regularly for many years and the finish showed that. The action was the smoothest P7 I've ever handled and the price was under $900 and I've never been more jealous of a deal
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I looked at that website and their coating is "Resin" based. Its probably duracoat, or cerakote. While some Resin based coatings can be found all over the place and in many different colors, they usually don't hold a candle to standard Hard Chrome, much less IonBond from a durability perspective. On my competition guns I use to get them hard chromed as that was a pretty durable finish that was kydex holster wear resistant. On my latest guns I got them coated with cerakote as I wanted specific colors, but that is already showing holster wear after not too much use. I did get a slide done years ago in IonBond Diamond Black and that thing still looked brand new after a crap ton of use. The slide eventually cracked so I had to decommission it, but the coating was still awesome on it. The one drawback to getting something IonBond finished is that it takes several weeks and is fairly expensive. If I had a carry gun on a daily basis that was going to get more holster use than live fire use, I would get an IonBond finish on it. For my competition guns, I usually break, damage or replace them before a finish like IonBond would be worn out. So its not worth the extra cost to get them IonBond finished.
Here are some pictures of my latest Competition blaster. This is coated using Cerakote Graphite Black on the slide, and Burnt Bronze on the frame and grip. I think it looks pretty cool. We will see how long this coating lasts and still looks good.
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