Silverscooby27 Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) Curious to see what peoples’ experiences are. How long until you saw some wear or bare metal on your PVD and or DLC coated open slide? Edited June 15, 2020 by Silverscooby27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silent Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 On the exterior or anywhere? My gun has 2500 rounds and is spotless on the outside since that doesn’t touch anything. The rails do show some wear though Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Silverscooby27 Posted June 15, 2020 Author Share Posted June 15, 2020 (edited) Anywhere, also please specify “Plain” PVD or DLC/DLA. Thanks! Edited June 15, 2020 by Silverscooby27 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selecw Posted June 15, 2020 Share Posted June 15, 2020 Atlas Chaos - one week of dry fire from a Everglades holster removed the finish on the edge of the trigger guard. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wgj3 Posted June 16, 2020 Share Posted June 16, 2020 (edited) Sometimes the shiny spots are where the finish gets filled in with whatever it has rubbed against as opposed to it actually wearing off. I have a Fusion 1911 with IonBondDLC and it has some shiny spots after 12-15K rounds and a buddy dropping it during a COF in a match, but they are from what it touches rubbing off into the finish's "pores" and creating a mark...not from finish wearing off at all. Edited June 16, 2020 by wgj3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeBurgess Posted June 17, 2020 Share Posted June 17, 2020 Take a look at this thread 50K rounds inside-and-out-video-review-of-atlas-titan-limited-gun-after-50k-down-the-pipe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jpease Posted June 20, 2020 Share Posted June 20, 2020 I've put around 10,000 through my open gun and it still isn't showing wear. I had DLC done by Richter Precision and they offer double coating( highly recommend). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geraldskip Posted July 12, 2020 Share Posted July 12, 2020 I’ve put 20,000 rounds through my main Limited minor 2011 that was DLC finished. Have had it for 2 years now. I don’t use a race holster, and it’s lived in a custom Kydex holster for that whole time. Barely any wear at all. DLC is amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a matt Posted July 20, 2020 Share Posted July 20, 2020 On 7/12/2020 at 3:17 PM, geraldskip said: I’ve put 20,000 rounds through my main Limited minor 2011 that was DLC finished. Have had it for 2 years now. I don’t use a race holster, and it’s lived in a custom Kydex holster for that whole time. Barely any wear at all. DLC is amazing. Agree. I had about the same on my limited as well before changing platforms. The process isn’t a coating, it’s process that penetrates metal, several thousands of an inch and that’s the reason it last and looks good for so long. iMO, It’s the only way to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benevolence Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 7/19/2020 at 9:37 PM, a matt said: Agree. I had about the same on my limited as well before changing platforms. The process isn’t a coating, it’s process that penetrates metal, several thousands of an inch and that’s the reason it last and looks good for so long. iMO, It’s the only way to go. I believe DLC is indeed a coating, of carbon in different structures (sp2/sp3?) that is on the order of several microns (~0.0003”). You may be thinking of black oxide or nitriding/carburizing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
a matt Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 I was of Isonite-melonite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selecw Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 6/20/2020 at 11:05 AM, jpease said: I've put around 10,000 through my open gun and it still isn't showing wear. I had DLC done by Richter Precision and they offer double coating( highly recommend). what holster? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selecw Posted July 23, 2020 Share Posted July 23, 2020 On 7/12/2020 at 12:17 PM, geraldskip said: I’ve put 20,000 rounds through my main Limited minor 2011 that was DLC finished. Have had it for 2 years now. I don’t use a race holster, and it’s lived in a custom Kydex holster for that whole time. Barely any wear at all. DLC is amazing. can you post pics of the muzzle? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geraldskip Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 (edited) Here’s one of the gun where you can see the tiny bit of wear Edited July 27, 2020 by geraldskip Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
selecw Posted July 27, 2020 Share Posted July 27, 2020 17 minutes ago, geraldskip said: Here’s one of the gun where you can see the tiny bit of wear Thanks. That’s the wear I expected from the holster. Shooting an open gun from an Everglades race holster, I get the same removal of the finish on the trigger guard (which is steel). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geraldskip Posted August 1, 2020 Share Posted August 1, 2020 On 7/27/2020 at 11:33 AM, selecw said: Thanks. That’s the wear I expected from the holster. Shooting an open gun from an Everglades race holster, I get the same removal of the finish on the trigger guard (which is steel). it’s there, but really isn’t bad at all. I am only going with DLC finishes in the future. By far the best out there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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