Rusted my SC9 with one day as my CCW - XDTalk Forums - Your HS2000/SA-XD Information Source!

UberDuper · 10-24-2005, 01:42 PM

Got my permit recently and on the first day I carried my SC9 it rusted on the back of the slide where it touches my skin.

However, I should have known better. The sweat and oil from my skin is highly corrosive.

I know it's a little strange, but I've seen many instances where the sweat and oil from my skin has damaged plastics and whatnot. Every laptop I've ever owned has been discolored in the areas where my hands rest while I'm typing.

Not to worry though. I can now justify getting the slide refinished in combat grey. Still want to see an assembled XD with the slide and controls in combat grey. For now, I just wear a tucked in wife beater so the slide doesn't rest on my skin. That's worked for the last few days.

Black, brown, or combat grey.. I still wub my XD.

UD.

KyXD40 · 10-24-2005, 04:29 PM

Ditto the combat grey photos....I am stuck between that and the matte black and would love to see a good color rendition of the two finished products side-by-side.

40SWXDSHOOTER · 10-25-2005, 12:43 AM

One of the guys I shoot with is like that. If he dosen't wipe his mags, and gun down after a match the thing will rust before he gets home. That is probably the problem with a lot the XDs around here.

10-24-2005, 01:42 PM	#1
UberDuper XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Posts: 201	Rusted my SC9 with one day as my CCW Got my permit recently and on the first day I carried my SC9 it rusted on the back of the slide where it touches my skin. However, I should have known better. The sweat and oil from my skin is highly corrosive. I know it's a little strange, but I've seen many instances where the sweat and oil from my skin has damaged plastics and whatnot. Every laptop I've ever owned has been discolored in the areas where my hands rest while I'm typing. Not to worry though. I can now justify getting the slide refinished in combat grey. Still want to see an assembled XD with the slide and controls in combat grey. For now, I just wear a tucked in wife beater so the slide doesn't rest on my skin. That's worked for the last few days. Black, brown, or combat grey.. I still wub my XD. UD.

10-24-2005, 04:29 PM	#2
KyXD40 XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Louisville KY Posts: 265	Ditto the combat grey photos....I am stuck between that and the matte black and would love to see a good color rendition of the two finished products side-by-side. __________________ Rod Retired and loving it! "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing" Edmund Burke 1770 "No success in life can compensate for failure in the home" David O. McKay

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10-25-2005, 12:43 AM	#3
40SWXDSHOOTER XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Minnesota Posts: 891	One of the guys I shoot with is like that. If he dosen't wipe his mags, and gun down after a match the thing will rust before he gets home. That is probably the problem with a lot the XDs around here.