Rust on my carry gun!

[Irving]

Must be that Melonite finish or whatever is on there.

By the way, I've emailed my first post to Smith & Wesson, I'll let you guys know if I get a response and what it says. I forgot to tell them that I'm in Colorado and this shouldn't usually be an issue.


Also, last summer I carried when we tried to climb Mt Harvard, and that was a 12 hour, 12 mile hike. I carried in the nylon holster back then, either way, this wasn't an issue.

[Graves]

Could be worse.....

[Irving]

My take down lever had significant rust as well. I'd say they are about the same.

[theGinsue]

I never really sweat enough to soak my underwear all the way through into my holster.

Yeah, um, I REALLY didn't need THAT image running though my head.

That's really a shame. Hearing Graves indicate that his M&P had the same issue tells me the particular Stainless they use is ultra susceptible to rust for a current firearm. Disappointing.

[sniper7]

dang, you can still see the remnants of the rust after it has been cleaned. I would do the steel wool deal Bailey was talking about. I've done that on a few older guns and it worked great.
Seeing this and the others stories I think I will be shying away from these guns.

maybe you can get it refinished, I would look into that route instead of having rust on your gun constantly.

[Irving]

I want to believe that since it hasn't been a problem before, that it won't continue to be a problem, but from the way I understand rust, I think I pretty much have to get it refinished or else deal with rust all the time.

[argonstrom]

I want to believe that since it hasn't been a problem before, that it won't continue to be a problem, but from the way I understand rust, I think I pretty much have to get it refinished or else deal with rust all the time.

If S&W doesn't do anything for you, I'll polish your slide for free.

[Irving]

I know I know, I saw and thanked you. I just need to decide if I want a polished slide or not. I've always wanted to polish the barrel, take down lever, slide stop, ejector, etc though.

[kwando]

Wow! I've never had a problem with my Glock, wonder what you can use to prevent that from happening in the future.

[bjl913]

Makes me wonder if the coating that Smith uses has a high zinc content, and if its the coating, not the actual slide, that is being attacked by this corrosion! Anybody know what they use and if an MSDS is available? I wonder if its just a bad batch of the coating and if anybody else is having this issue with guns in the same serial number range....