Glock slide corroded

Geez…that rust and pitting is bad.

Does she carry it every day?
 
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You might wanna take it down and see whether there’s more hiding inside (barrel and anything metal in the frame that Glock hasn’t already substituted with plastic). Might also wanna take a look inside the mag and at the rounds.
 
Good lord. Did she spill something corrosive on it?
 
Boating accident. Break out the sandblaster and apply the hard chrome. Might prevent the next woman overboard💃from rusting the Tupperware 🥳🥳🥳🥳🥳
 
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Like @Jeppo said, take it all the way down and inspect for more. Looking at the front sight there is significant rust in the crevice between the slide and front sight. It is a Glock so it doesn't have to be pretty to function, but until you check out the entire slide and barrel I suggest not shooting it.
 
Recent Glocks rust a lot more that the older ones. I saw one than wouldn't fire.
When you pulled the trigger the entire slide moved to the rear and all you got was a click.
 
Thats pretty ugly....

BUT, im betting it can be cleaned up, and is likely safe to run ( do double check to.make sure the internals are clear, to be safe however...)

That must have taken a while to get to that point, so it may be a good idea to potentially get your Wife to start making a regular schedule for keeping it in good condition.

My money is on it being "dry" oil wise, and either in a holster or other confined space, and it was allowed to heat up and cool off enough to allow condensation to form. Perhaps a console in a car, or a purse perhaps?
 
My wife had a P32 that got like that. It got hard chromed.
 
I've only seen one other Glock that was anything like that, and it was recovered from under a manhole cover (drainage I believe, not sewage) where it had been for years.
 
What is that substance behind the trigger in the back of the trigger guard?
 
Holy cow, my joke would have been was it stored in a zip bag in the water tank of the toilet?
 
John said:
A friend's G43 after a couple weeks of hay season.

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Where I work, we move alot of feed and hay, its a constant thing to make sure whatever im carrying gets oil and kept (more or less....) debris free. I have the "alien sweat" thing going on, and if I do not pay attention I can ruin a finish.

Finish wear is going to happen one way or another, and in general I love how a well used firearm looks.... but boy does it bother me if I spot crusty red rust on something :(
 
Dang. That’s unfortunate. A sand blast and cerakote should do the trick
 
Desolo said:
Where I work, we move alot of feed and hay, its a constant thing to make sure whatever im carrying gets oil and kept (more or less....) debris free. I have the "alien sweat" thing going on, and if I do not pay attention I can ruin a finish.

Finish wear is going to happen one way or another, and in general I love how a well used firearm looks.... but boy does it bother me if I spot crusty red rust on something :(
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I agree, I hate to see a rusted or pitted gun. I've got a G43 that had a sorta similar issue. It got sweaty and neglected in the summertime, although it didn't look nearly as bad as the one pictured. I was going to take a shot at a coyote one day, and when I pulled the trigger the slide would move to the rear and it would click. The firing pin was rusted tight in the slide!
 
John said:
I agree, I hate to see a rusted or pitted gun. I've got a G43 that had a sorta similar issue. It got sweaty and neglected in the summertime, although it didn't look nearly as bad as the one pictured. I was going to take a shot at a coyote one day, and when I pulled the trigger the slide would move to the rear and it would click. The firing pin was rusted tight in the slide!
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Now, that, that must have been disconcerting.

Now, I wonder if you took a hammer fired pistol and had the same situation if the extra inertia from a strong hammer strike would have dislodged the firing pin?
 
MikeS. said:
My wife brought me her mini Glock a few minutes ago. I’m not sure where she kept this but the slide has a fair amount of corrosion on it. See picture below.

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As others have suggested…. Send it back to Glock for warranty work. They’ll go through it top-down, front-back replacing every spring and will take care of that mess for her.
 
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MikeS. said:
What was the original Glock finish? Tennifer?

what ever it was was pretty much bulletproof.
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Tennifer was the original. There was talk about 10 years ago that Glock changed the finish due to obama era epa regulations, but as far as I know Glock never released any statements about the change.

One thing for sure, the "frying pan finish" is long gone.
 
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