Andy,
It may be worth reading some of the other posts on this forum as relating to Wilson's finish.
As the customer of over $20k worth of Wilson custom pistols rifles, and shotguns I feel well within my rights and purpose to bad mouth a truly worthless product and their finish is just that. On the other hand if you are happy with it it’s your money and your gun.
For my money, my guns as did the Wilson's will go to Walter Birdsong's shop to have a quality firearm finish applied.
Even several of my collector grade Sig P210 pistols have gone to have Black T applied.
If you have not guessed it, yes I was really angry treading through the Amazon River Basin for 21 days in the mud and rain with a visibly rusting $1,400 K9 model 1187p and a seriously corroded $1,700 Wilson M4 carbine both of which had lost their finish in large patches, an no amount of CLP, tetra, or Sentry cloth helped.
Please remember that I paid an extra $125.00 per gun for what is a "spray paint" finish easily purchased from Brownells, multiply that number by 12 guns over two years and then factor in the cost and time it took to send the pistols to Birdsong and the rifles/shotguns to Robar for cleanup and refinishing.
I will say that to Wilson’s credit they do have a very good customer service department as I have also had “extra” work done as well as sights.
I do own several early Wilson 1911’s and I do like them a great deal, an early parkerized, cone barrel CQB is my favorite Wilson pistol.
I do not want to sound negative, but please remember that some of us do use these firearms in places where I know my life or someone else’s is on the line, if I was criticizing a gun’ finish for the way it held up when I carried it to go to the grocery store I would agree with you.
This is "real life" real world I am talking about and I am surprised that you take to task for criticizing the finish, as the finish comments were not out of place.
You may test your defensive gear differently but for what it is worth I will not even use a pistol as my CCW defensive carry gun until it has functioned reliably with at least 5,000 rounds and most pistols have over 10,000 rounds through them after I test them for consideration as a carry gun.
As of 3pm today the TRS has 2,448 rounds through it and continues to function 100%.
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