Brian,
Just a note to let you know that 14 years on with my issue P-229R with a round count of around 15k rounds and the same barrel, using Slide Glide Standard #1 and nary a hiccup. But for external wear the inside of the top end is still factory fresh. Compared to other agents' pistols it's amazing seeing the difference. Now that at some point in the near future when I change duty stations I will have our new issue Glocks (19M and 26) foisted upon me. They will receive the same treatment. I appreciate the temperature ranges you've published but I found that in Central Asia and the Caucasus during winters down in the single digits Fahrenheit my body heat kept the standard viscosity loose enough to let the gun run fine. Might have been sluggish if carried in a drop rig but I've never had an issue with the standard viscosity in any temperature. Thanks again, Brian, for such an amazing product.
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Hello, Brian. Hope all is well.
James Fxxxxx with the U. S. State Department here. You probably don't remember me but I'm a Diplomatic Security special agent who wrote you from our embassy in Dushanbe, Tajikistan about 11 years ago to order another copy of Beyond Fundamentals and some Slide Glide for the SIG P228 I was carrying at the time.
Well, seems I've got a habit of giving my hard copies of your book away to friends and subordinates I've trained who are interested in shooting. I'm currently downloading the Kindle version of the book and just finished cleaning and re-lubing my P229R with Slide Glide standard. It's my third SIG in 13 years with DS. My originally 2001 issued P228 gave up the ghost- cracked left slide rail with only about 4K rounds through her at that point in four years's service- in August 2005 while beginning my six month green team train-up for service in our mobile security division, at which time I was issued a slick P229 that I subsequently ran a little over 3K rounds run through before being issued the 229R three months later that I carry today and has about 12K rounds through it after 9 years.
The SIGs run fine enough- I prefer them to the Glocks and the Berettas- but I'll always be a diehard fan of JMB's automatic pistols, the CZ-75 and good medium and large frame revolvers of any stripe. They're just so much easier to shoot well and quickly for me, honestly.
At any rate, Brian, the point of this email is twofold. First, I just wanted to say "Howdy" and wish you and yours all the best.
Secondly, I wanted to compliment you on the continued top flight performance of Slide Glide. I've been using it in all my pistols since 2001 and can't say enough good about how nicely the pistols run in all weather extremes. Comparing my SIG to other agents' whose pistols are newer with far, far fewer rounds through them, I can say without a doubt the Slide Glide kills the wear in the gun flat out. It shoots softer and more smoothly, too.
I'm currently serving at our embassy in Baku, Azerbaijan in the southern Caucasus right in between Russia and Iran. Having a hell of a time here and getting to shoot quite a bit, thankfully. Nice knowing that my SIG is in tip top running order in large part due to the maintenance regime I use including Slide Glide as its primary lubricant.
Thanks again for the great product. If I can ever be of service to you and yours, please don't hesitate to holler at me.
God Bless and take care.
Warmest Regards,
James F., Special Agent
U. S. Dept. of State, Diplomatic Security Service
American Embassy, Baku, Azerbaijan
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Brian,
Just a note to let you know how happy I've been using Slide Glide
standard in my issue SIG pistols. My first issue 228 ran great until
it cracked its frame rails at something around 17,000 rounds and was
swapped out for a straight 229 that I had put about 3,000 rounds
through before being issued my current 229R and pistol light. I've
got 12,000 rounds through it. I've carried it in all climates in many
different places around the globe and can say that Slide Glide works
wonderfully in keeping wear down, letting the pieces shoot
significantly softer and running longer in between cleanings. During
several extended training periods, I've let my SIGs go around 5,000
rounds in between cleanings and while other fellow agents had to clean
their pieces much sooner I didn't have any problems, only cleaning my
SIG when I got concerned about the feed ramp fouling.
I use Slide Glide in all my pistols and recently started using it on
the contact points in my A-5 Light Twenty- not the recoil system,
though. So far so good.
Keep up the good work in providing such a fine product.
Best,
Jimmy
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Hi Brian,
Congratulations on your Slide Guide.
I'm writing to let you see my brother's response to Slide Guide. He was extremely impressed by the slide's acceleration with it. I've just now ordered some for me. Here's the excerpt from Jim's email:
“And just how slick is Brian Enos's Slide-Glide Firearm Lubricant and
Grease? I'd read in an unsolicited referral somewhere that it was so
slick that one could no longer see the upper assembly moving when
thumbing the hold back release off. So I tried it with all the
various gun lubes I had on hand, including the one you recommended.
With each of them I tried, I could see the upper assembly moving
forward. Then yesterday I rec'd Brian's Slide Glide. After wiping
things down well to remove the previous lubes, I used one of Brian's
brushes to lightly apply his heavy lube to all mating surfaces, springs, etc.
And Voila! I can no longer detect the forward motion of the upper
assembly; it is locked back, and then it is full forward and locked,
but my eyes cannot register the movement forward. Pretty doggone amazing stuff.”
Jim
BTW: Jim is a former F15 pilot (F4s in Nam awarded two Distinguished Flying Crosses) who is not easily impressed. He later flew F15s out of Luke and lives in Peoria. We were raised on a cotton farm 10 miles from Buckeye.
Thank you,
Ken
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