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Gen 5 taking a beating already...?

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#1 ·
Took my gen 5 to the range today, shoots awesome! Performed very well. I brought my gen 4 as well, shot them side by side to see id I could notice any differences......well, some differences were noticed when I took the Gen 5 down for cleaning. I am not so sure about this new Ion bonded finish vs the tinnifer that the Gen 4 has. My Gen 4 has about 450 rounds theough it. The Gen 5 now has about 125......the Gen 5 has a lot of wear for that little amount of rounds, IMO of course. The Gen 5 looks like its had more rounds than my Gen 4. Look at the pics below. You will notice the tooth picks. The slide on the left is the Gen 5. Its already removing material. I can catch it with my fingernail. The Gen 4 doesnt look that bad. The barrel also has a notch in it, not sure whats up......? What do you fellas think?
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Gen 5 on right in this pic. Notice where the material/ finish is coming off at the top of the ejection port.
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#3 ·
Honestly, I think you're getting all worked up over normal wear patterns from metal to metal contact.

The photos of your Gen5 look similar to all of my Gen3 pistols (with the famed "frying pan" finish).


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I thought I may be......BUT, its worse than a gun with tripple the rounds through it..? I get the weat part but damn. Didnt think it would get that much that quick.
 
#4 ·
Gen 4s don't have tennifer which was never a coating but a underlying metal coating applied to the bare metal then a Finish applied over that. Glock switched from Tennifer several years ago switched to a Nitride base layer and have used several top finishes over the years.
Old Frying Pan finish is the toughest
 
#82 ·
VERY early Gen4 pistols had Tenifer slides. I have two G17 Gen4 guns with 3-letter S/N (one starts with "P" and the other with "T") that are Tenifer.
 
#9 ·
My old Gen 3 with Frying Pan finish still looks new despite thousands of rounds thru it. Contrary, my duty Gen 4 looks like crap after 1.5 year. It's not rusting, but the outer layer of the finish is nearly gone in couple of spots. Not that I really care, but hard to call it an improvement. Looking at the pictures here...well, hard to say something for sure...but it looks worse than my Gen 3...I think. Need to take a look to confirm.
 
#19 ·
Just checked. It's anything between 6 and 8 thousand. I think.

However my Gen 4 looks much, much worse with maybe 1k thru it. Keep us updated please.
 
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#22 ·
That much wear after so few rounds is BS. I am seeing the same thing in my 5th Gen G19.
I also have a 4th Gen G19 NIB that looks like total after 500 rounds.
Yet, a 3rd Gen G19 RTF2 and a 4th Gen G26 look fine with many rounds through them.
Not at all happy with the so 5th Gen or the NIB finish
Like you , I have a P-10C I bought from GT. Well over 600 rounds and it looks brand spanking new. Honesty, I prefer it.
I see Cerakote in the future for the Glocks.


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#24 ·
That much wear after so few rounds is BS. I am seeing the same thing in my 5th Gen G19.
I also have a 4th Gen G19 NIB that looks like total after 500 rounds.
Yet, a 3rd Gen G19 RTF2 and a 4th Gen G26 look fine with many rounds through them.
Not at all happy with the so 5th Gen or the NIB finish
Like you , I have a P-10C I bought from GT. Well over 600 rounds and it looks brand spanking new. Honesty, I prefer it.
I see Cerakote in the future for the Glocks.

Yea, my p10c has about 750 down the pipe and looks excellent.


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#25 ·
glock should have taken some extra time and gotten the aesthetics nailed down on the gen 5. the following are unacceptable:
-contoured front of slide without contouring the frame
-right sided slide release sticks out
-right side of frame near slide release exhibits fairly large gap between frame and slide, just looks overall unfinished

i'm sure there's more but the above 3 are obvious
 
#27 ·
If you watch some of the Youtube reviews of the Gen 5 by the guys who got to test them at the factory (and shooting a whole case through them), their examples have the same wear on them - so it seem normal. All Glocks have wear patterns, the Gen 5 just has a different pattern is all.

Even with this wear, it is probably more reliable than some pistols that don't exhibit wear.
 
#29 ·
Remembering Glock's primary customer base I have to guess their primary concern with a finish revolves around minimizing rust and corrosion and relatively easy cleaning, not something that does not show wear.
 
#45 · (Edited)
I think that since they were able to accomplish all that plus offer a nice finish, they set the bar fairly high with the older "frying pan" finish. That was partially the reason, behind a great value and popularity of the older Glocks with many buyers. Here is a $500 pistol that is light, reliable and the finish is very though. While the price is still similar, the reliability is ok (some problems were addressed with Gen 4 I believe) the finish doesn't hold as well as it used to be. It may be no problem to some users, but for others...well, it is. I see no reason for either of these groups to laugh at the other, except for personal reasons.
 
#31 ·
There's going to be a lot of these threads coming.

Two things to note about DLC finishes. They absorb lubricant, and need to be lubed slightly more than how people usually run Glocks. Secondly, DLC finishes will often look blotchy, chalky, and uneven when dry, especially when degreased.
 
#42 ·
READ WHAT I SAID......before you speak. I am not concerned about aesthetics. My concern is, Why is it showing more wear than a gun with tripple the round count in such low amount of rounds through it? Wear is normal, I know this. Removing material off the slide already is NOT normal in that amount. I own 35 firearms. None of my Gen 3's have this issue, My Gen 4 G23 did not show this much wear until over 1000 rounds. Here I am with 125 rounds and Its scoring the steel. Sooooo As Mr.JsFerrazza suggested, I will lube the gun and run it this weekend. I will post pics again. We shall see what happens.
 
#36 ·
My guess is the wear marks will get bigger, then stop, once the parts 'break in'. Not that there is a break in period, as there is not, but this isn't a custom built, precision pistol. The marks will differ, some, from pistol to pistol. Unfortunately, oil is not going to prevent this. You'd have to keep it wet, constantly, and oil doesn't keep wear down where there is pressure between two metal friction points...much like a joint on the boom of a track hoe. If you're overly concerned, you might try a thin film of copper based anti-seize, there.
 
#39 ·
Sometimes any new product has bugs that needs to be addressed. I try not to buy these brand new products to be a "beta." I can wait for fixes and buy later on. Meanwhile, I have enough Glocks to keep me going, LOL!
 
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