Glock 17 - Should I or Should I not? Question for Glockers...

[LittleRedToyota]

Originally Posted by Mity2

Glock slide failed solt spray test.

ok...ya got me.

if ya essentially leave the thing soaking in brine for a week, you might have to wipe it off a bit before firing it. i''l give ya that.



(seriously, though, i can personally attest to the fact that you can not clean or lube the thing for months while getting it soaked in sweat every other day and firing several thousand rounds through it...some of them in pouring rain... and get zero rust, zero malfunctions, and zero loss of accuracy.

i'm not saying there are not other guns that can do the same thing, though.)

[Mity2]

Originally Posted by BearTitan

That test was not a salt spray test. The firearm was left in s salt-soaked wool sock for a week. This was after it had been burried in sand, sirt, rocksalt, vermiculite, bead blasting material, and mud. As you can see from the marks, this gun was also shot at several times.

The end of the story for that torture test was that the G21 still ran, even when dropped out of a plane!

Under normal use and abuse, it would be very difficult to get tenifer-treated steel to rust.

I was told it was unit that failed solt test.
I was told that gun ran fine afterwords tho.
Point of it is that no matter what/how coating is, if you don't take care of it, it CAN rust.

[BUCKMARK]

My Glock G21 and G19 both passed the "Salt Spray Test" year after year.

I fish in Cedar Key Florida during the winter. I fish from the banks and from the boat. My G19 and G21 have both been saturated with salt water for periods of 12-14 hours at a time. I dont take them off when I plan on getting wet....they are tools meant to be used in these conditions.

Every night they are cleaned with fresh water and re-lubed. Ammo is shot up at the end of the 2 week trips.

Never had a malf, never had rust, no problems of any kind.

And I have yet to have a round fail that was drenched with salt water.

They pass my test.

For proof, email me and I will book you a spot on next winters trip. Red fishin is awesome!

[LittleRedToyota]

Originally Posted by Mity2

no matter what/how coating is, if you don't take care of it, it CAN rust.

just FYI, the tennifer is not a coating. that black stuff is not the tennifer. that can wear completely away, and it still won't rust under anything close to normal conditions.

tennifer is a cyanide bath that actually alters the metallurgy of the first few microns of the metal itself (making it harder and very, very resistant to rust).

however, since the tennifer process only effects the first few microns of the metal, if you actually wear away enough of the metal, the tennifer will be gone, and the exposed non-tennifered metal will rust.

it's possible that that is why the glock in your pictures rusted. it had already been beat to hell, including shooting it with a .22, which probably gouged it to the point that some of tennifered metal was gone in a few spots exposing metal which had not been effected by the tennifer process. then, those spots rusted and the rust stained other portions of the gun as it ran over the gun and dried.

but, yes, you are correct. it is possible to get a glock to rust a bit if you try really hard.

[synergy]

Originally Posted by Mity2

Glock slide failed solt spray test.



Glock are just like any other metal stuff. If you fail to perform proper maintnabce, it can fail

Can we see the pics of an XD that went through the same test?

[Mity2]

Originally Posted by synergy

Can we see the pics of an XD that went through the same test?

I do hear alot about XD develop minor serface rust. Infact, XD forum have dedicated section just on rusting XD. Nothing serious, but usualy on surrated metal parts, like slide release.
Here is XD barrel thats 11months old, aout 1500rds went through

http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/rusty-t...old-my-xd.html


There is another rusty glock pics. I guess this was stored in safe with condensation probrem...
http://www.xdtalk.com/forums/rusty-t...-got-rust.html

Littleredtoyota, thanks for the info on Tennifer finish. I'm happy that my budget Glock is going to be VERY resistant to rust with daily use and such!

[normanvin]

aren't the night sites made of plastic? how come the sghts are rusting?

[Mity2]

Originally Posted by normanvin

aren't the night sites made of plastic? how come the sghts are rusting?

because its abviously made of metal.
From what I know, stock sights are plastic, but night sights are steel

[sigarms229]

From what I know, stock sights are plastic, but night sights are steel

CORRECT! Night sight housings are steel, factory contrast sights are plastic. Those are night sights.

[Mity2]

I found original article where the pics were originaly posted...
After reading the article, I'm pretty darn confident to carry this gun to hell, and some, regardless of less then optimal ergonomics!

http://www.theprepared.com/index.php...iew&id=90&Item