Slide and barrel hood rust on M&P 45

I would send the gun without magazine. Unless of course if the magazine has also rusted.



The manual say's to send everything back but if you do chances are you will not get it all back without negotiating. They have plenty of mag's to test with.



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Well, the 45 is off on its return trip to place of birth. Hopefully the slide and barrel will be refinished. I will update as things proceed.

They will take very good care of you/it

coltman1985 said:

They will take very good care of you/it

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I hope so...I hate not having the M&P45 in the house... :?

Rust? It's stainless steel. :?:

TAC said:

Rust? It's stainless steel. :?:

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A lot of people are surprised by the fact that stainless steel guns rust. There are many grades of so-called stainless steel, none of which are impervious to rust, but each of which resist corrosion to varying degrees. Depending on the other metalurgical properties you want in the material, you usually have to make a trade-off in corrosion resistance vs. tensile strength, resistance to galling, or whatever.



The short version is, the kind of stainless steel that your gun is made of isn't the same kind as, say, your kitchen sink. It will rust if not cared for properly, exposed to extreme conditions (e.g. prolonged salt water exposure) or if there was just some kind of mistake made at the factory during heat-treating, finishing, etc.

BateleurRGB said:

[quote name='TAC']Rust? It's stainless steel. :?:

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A lot of people are surprised by the fact that stainless steel guns rust. There are many grades of so-called stainless steel, none of which are impervious to rust, but each of which resist corrosion to varying degrees. Depending on the other metalurgical properties you want in the material, you usually have to make a trade-off in corrosion resistance vs. tensile strength, resistance to galling, or whatever.



The short version is, the kind of stainless steel that your gun is made of isn't the same kind as, say, your kitchen sink. It will rust if not cared for properly, exposed to extreme conditions (e.g. prolonged salt water exposure) or if there was just some kind of mistake made at the factory during heat-treating, finishing, etc.[/quote]



I realize that, but with the stainless, then the protective coating treatment that S&W puts on it, and then usually a thin coat of oil...I find it odd that it would still rust. There was a lot of similar talk in the SIG forum, and I think they found out what they thought was rust, was actually some oxidation from the blackened treatment process, and not actual rust from the stainless steel.

you can probably go to the hub and pick it up. call whatever company that they used to ship it back with and ask.

Oh yeah, that's right...



I called and hopefully I can make it and pick it up this evening. I only sent one package to them, but I am getting 2 packages in return...Hmmmmmmmmm....