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Near the end of March, I received my Wilson CQB. I had it done in all black because I don't like OD Green and the gun looked sharp. By day 3, I had bare metal showing around the muzzle from one trip to the range and some holster practice. Now, approaching mid May, I have 3100 rounds through the gun, a good amount of holster wear (much of my shooting involes from the holster drills, plus dry firing holster practice at home), and the gun has more wear on it than my father's police service S&W 38Sp he got in 1958, had reblued once in the 1970s.
Muzzle polish is pronounced. Wear along the corners of the slide is now down to metal all the way back to the ejection port. Corners of the frame, especially around the hood all show metal. There is finish missing from all around the back of the ejection port and slide top behind the ejection port. The beavertail and butt show a good deal as well. Even the trigger guard is showing wear from the holster. My holsters are Milt Sparks and are leather. I have the oldest looking, well taken care of 2 month old gun I have ever seen.
All that being said, the gun shoots phenomenally well. Sure, I have had a few failures to go into battery, but never with the ammo suggested for use by Wilson. My practice ammo, Fiocchi, is not on their list of ammo to use. Checking my records, said problems are less than 1 in 250 rounds fired. Fed HydryaShok 230 and Speer Gold Dot 185 hollowpoints feed great and have not bobbled once. Targeting is great as the sights are aligned as they should be. The night sights work very well. Strangely, the bluing on the sights seems to be holding up better than the Armor-Tuff on the gun.
I have found I like Wilson's grease for the gun. Any good lithium grease may work, but I am using the freebie stuff I got from Wilson. With warmer weather, I appreciate not having the oil draining down along side the gun's muzzle. It takes very little grease and even after 600+ rounds one time and 500+ another (the break-in), the gun did not go dry at all. I followed the instructions from the video as to how to properly lube the gun with grease and no problems! Cleanup of grease has not been a problem either, not anymore so than oil. I expect my little tube of grease to last me about 10,000 rounds at the current rate I am going, or about another 40+ gun cleanings and relubes. In short, cleaning the gun and relubing once a week for a year.
Other than the wear that makes my gun look like an old and tired pro, I could not be more pleased. Fortunately, I did not buy the gun for beauty and beauty is not a real issue for me so long as the lack of finish does not compromise the gun. It isn't a show gun, but it is a performace gun, no doubt. It is a sweet carry gun.
Muzzle polish is pronounced. Wear along the corners of the slide is now down to metal all the way back to the ejection port. Corners of the frame, especially around the hood all show metal. There is finish missing from all around the back of the ejection port and slide top behind the ejection port. The beavertail and butt show a good deal as well. Even the trigger guard is showing wear from the holster. My holsters are Milt Sparks and are leather. I have the oldest looking, well taken care of 2 month old gun I have ever seen.
All that being said, the gun shoots phenomenally well. Sure, I have had a few failures to go into battery, but never with the ammo suggested for use by Wilson. My practice ammo, Fiocchi, is not on their list of ammo to use. Checking my records, said problems are less than 1 in 250 rounds fired. Fed HydryaShok 230 and Speer Gold Dot 185 hollowpoints feed great and have not bobbled once. Targeting is great as the sights are aligned as they should be. The night sights work very well. Strangely, the bluing on the sights seems to be holding up better than the Armor-Tuff on the gun.
I have found I like Wilson's grease for the gun. Any good lithium grease may work, but I am using the freebie stuff I got from Wilson. With warmer weather, I appreciate not having the oil draining down along side the gun's muzzle. It takes very little grease and even after 600+ rounds one time and 500+ another (the break-in), the gun did not go dry at all. I followed the instructions from the video as to how to properly lube the gun with grease and no problems! Cleanup of grease has not been a problem either, not anymore so than oil. I expect my little tube of grease to last me about 10,000 rounds at the current rate I am going, or about another 40+ gun cleanings and relubes. In short, cleaning the gun and relubing once a week for a year.
Other than the wear that makes my gun look like an old and tired pro, I could not be more pleased. Fortunately, I did not buy the gun for beauty and beauty is not a real issue for me so long as the lack of finish does not compromise the gun. It isn't a show gun, but it is a performace gun, no doubt. It is a sweet carry gun.