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high cap · 04-05-2007, 03:25 PM

just wanting to know.hows the finish holding up on everbodies carry xd 45?i know it compares to glock finish but is the blue finshing holding up to carry in terms of it wearing off the slide from holster wear or just anywhere you use it or abuse it.thanks

**jnclement** · 04-05-2007, 03:42 PM

Mine's holding up fine, not showing much wear. Of course, I could really care less if it does, it's just a tool, and I keep it oiled. At some point, I hope it wears enough that I can send it to Birdsong for Black T.

Soundman · 04-05-2007, 04:09 PM

Mines holding up fine. But I've only put about 400-500 rds thru it

04-05-2007, 04:34 PM

I bought mine in JULY of last year & sent close to 1000 rnds through it with no problems at all. I polished the ramp and put a .045 radius on the end of the tube,THAT's It NO PROBLEMS GREAT WEAPON Finish looks like it did the day I STOL oop's BOUGHT IT.

snolden · 04-05-2007, 06:08 PM

Bought in April 06, ~2100 rounds, carried every day and abused while camping/backpacking. Finish starting to discolor just behind the ejection port on the slide. but it is not wearing off. Can be buffed about 95% out but comes back after a couple days of sweating.

GlockConvert · 04-05-2007, 06:20 PM

Fired mine a thousand rounds. the finish on the barrel (t the part that is exposed when the slide is shut) is wearing. Like the other poster said
don't much care. The glock finish really is about the toughest thing I have seen. Tennifer is crazy tough.

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high cap · 04-06-2007, 05:00 PM

iam like yall in that i dont care really either but was curious on how it compares to the glocks finish that does also wear off from alot of use to. so its safe to say they are about neck and neck in finishes now i expect?

snolden · 04-07-2007, 05:43 PM

i have never seen a glock wear, personally but I dont carry mine everyday

deepdiver · 04-07-2007, 06:03 PM

I've only had my XD for about 2 months. It's in and out of the holster at least 6-7 times a day during the week, it's had over 1,300 rds through it, plus it has been drawn/holstered several hundred other times between training classes and practice (in both the XDGear and SERPA holster). The only wear is on the moving parts so far.

Boricua · 04-07-2007, 06:17 PM

I got my Tac last year and have many thousands of round threw it due to shooting IDPA six times a month plus practice. The only wear on mine is at the muzzel from holstering many thousands of times.

04-05-2007, 03:25 PM	#1
high cap XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 16	finish on xd 45 just wanting to know.hows the finish holding up on everbodies carry xd 45?i know it compares to glock finish but is the blue finshing holding up to carry in terms of it wearing off the slide from holster wear or just anywhere you use it or abuse it.thanks

04-05-2007, 03:42 PM	#2
jnclement XDTalk 2K Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: West Texas Posts: 2,491	Mine's holding up fine, not showing much wear. Of course, I could really care less if it does, it's just a tool, and I keep it oiled. At some point, I hope it wears enough that I can send it to Birdsong for Black T. __________________ Contrary to what sells magazines, not all of us are, or want to be SpecOps, SEAL, Recon, Delta, CQB, Ninja, firearm-knife-tactical-death-touch instructors.

04-05-2007, 06:08 PM	#5
snolden XDTalk Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: NE AZ Posts: 86	Bought in April 06, ~2100 rounds, carried every day and abused while camping/backpacking. Finish starting to discolor just behind the ejection port on the slide. but it is not wearing off. Can be buffed about 95% out but comes back after a couple days of sweating. __________________ XD45 Service Daily Carried

04-05-2007, 06:20 PM	#6
GlockConvert XDTalk 100 Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: PAC NW Posts: 384	Fired mine a thousand rounds. the finish on the barrel (t the part that is exposed when the slide is shut) is wearing. Like the other poster said don't much care. The glock finish really is about the toughest thing I have seen. Tennifer is crazy tough. D __________________ Damien in Seattle I don't list my guns - I know glocks, FALs, and AKs but I'm not sure my ability to fill a gunsafe with guns make me an expert on anything. All that you can depend on from a 45 is that it will drill a .45 - .70 inch hole about 14 inches into someone. There will not be "energy dump", people will not fly backwards, and they will not necessarily fall as if they have been struck by lighting.

04-06-2007, 05:00 PM	#7
high cap XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 16	finish iam like yall in that i dont care really either but was curious on how it compares to the glocks finish that does also wear off from alot of use to. so its safe to say they are about neck and neck in finishes now i expect?

04-05-2007, 04:09 PM	#3
Soundman XDTalk Newbie Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 6	Mines holding up fine. But I've only put about 400-500 rds thru it

04-05-2007, 04:34 PM	#4
pookie Guest Posts: n/a	I bought mine in JULY of last year & sent close to 1000 rnds through it with no problems at all. I polished the ramp and put a .045 radius on the end of the tube,THAT's It NO PROBLEMS GREAT WEAPON Finish looks like it did the day I STOL oop's BOUGHT IT.

04-07-2007, 05:43 PM	#8
snolden XDTalk Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: NE AZ Posts: 86	i have never seen a glock wear, personally but I dont carry mine everyday __________________ XD45 Service Daily Carried

04-07-2007, 06:03 PM	#9
deepdiver XDTalk 1K Member Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: SE Missouri Posts: 1,585	I've only had my XD for about 2 months. It's in and out of the holster at least 6-7 times a day during the week, it's had over 1,300 rds through it, plus it has been drawn/holstered several hundred other times between training classes and practice (in both the XDGear and SERPA holster). The only wear is on the moving parts so far. __________________ XD .45 Service Compact

04-07-2007, 06:17 PM	#10
Boricua XDTalk 500 Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Arizona Posts: 790	I got my Tac last year and have many thousands of round threw it due to shooting IDPA six times a month plus practice. The only wear on mine is at the muzzel from holstering many thousands of times. __________________ Make a decision not an emotion!

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