I know there's a thread from early 2014 asking if Glock changed their slide finish. I'm sure most people know by now that they have a number of times. I just wanted to gripe about the current one...
Looking at the slide, can you tell which of these two guns has 150 rounds through it, and which has 5000 rounds through it? If you look really closely you'd probably draw the wrong conclusion.
I bought my G19 in mid-late 2012 and love the finish on that gun. I did my best to show it with the pictures here, but the finish on that is a bit shinier and has more texture to it. It also seems to be hard as diamonds because you can drag a ring or gun tools across it and it doesn't scratch. I don't baby my G19 and the finish looks brand new.
Now contrast that with my 2-day old, 150-rounds-fired G20. Already there are little superficial scratches which clearly seem to be permanent. In my opinion this current flat, smooth finish looks cheaper than the one on my 2012 G19. Having said that, I don't mind some usage scratches. The new finish just doesn't inspire the confidence that the old one did.
I've always been unclear on exactly what the deal with with all the tenifer, melonite, blah blah blah. My understanding was always that the tenifer was a very thin coating on the steel and that the finish has nothing to do with what the hard coat is beneath it. I'm no expert though. Either way I wish they'd use something harder than the current external finish because my 150-round Glock has more scratches than my 5000-round Glock.
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Looking at the slide, can you tell which of these two guns has 150 rounds through it, and which has 5000 rounds through it? If you look really closely you'd probably draw the wrong conclusion.
I bought my G19 in mid-late 2012 and love the finish on that gun. I did my best to show it with the pictures here, but the finish on that is a bit shinier and has more texture to it. It also seems to be hard as diamonds because you can drag a ring or gun tools across it and it doesn't scratch. I don't baby my G19 and the finish looks brand new.
Now contrast that with my 2-day old, 150-rounds-fired G20. Already there are little superficial scratches which clearly seem to be permanent. In my opinion this current flat, smooth finish looks cheaper than the one on my 2012 G19. Having said that, I don't mind some usage scratches. The new finish just doesn't inspire the confidence that the old one did.
I've always been unclear on exactly what the deal with with all the tenifer, melonite, blah blah blah. My understanding was always that the tenifer was a very thin coating on the steel and that the finish has nothing to do with what the hard coat is beneath it. I'm no expert though. Either way I wish they'd use something harder than the current external finish because my 150-round Glock has more scratches than my 5000-round Glock.
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