[Freedom_1st]

I see this term come up alot when discussing used firearms.

I would assume its just minor nicks and scratches to the finish, nothing serious, but I am not sure as I have never carried a firearm in a holster for a period of time long enough to observe the results.

For those of you who have carried a firearm in a holster for a long period of time, care to chime in?

Thanks

[Iggy]

http://iggy25.home.bresnan.net/dutygun.jpg
http://http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p246/Iggy25/Mdl58.jpg

That's 13 years worth of holster wear:evil:

[Pistol Toter]

Leather will polish steel. When you sharped a good knife, not a POS stainless steel but good carbon steel, the blade is polished or whetted on a piece of leather like a razor strap, this relieves the blade of any wire edge and polishes the cutting ege to a smooth bevel. Makes it sharper. If your old enough you use to take a old piece of leather belt and fasten it around the front axle shaft of your bicycle and kept it shinny. You may not know what a razor strap is if your not old enough. Now the same princuple is true with a gun; a leather holster or actually any holster will polish a gun in the places where it most rides. The sides of the end of the barrell the cylinder for instance gets polished, sometimes to the point that if blue the finish wears thin. Even in a SS gun you can observe this burnishing. Holster Wear.

[Smokewagon45]

And if you look closely, you will notice that the sharp crisp edges, like the muzzle become a little rounded.

[Alphazulu6]

Do nylon holsters wear more than leather over a period of time? I am just wondering because my GLock in a nylon bianchi holster has not worn at all... and I just bought a Don Hume leather one for my Kel-Tec and now I am wondering......

[meef]

That makes me wonder - how does leather holster wear compare to say, kydex?

:confused:

[tmajors]

You may not know what a razor strap is if your not old enough.

I'm just old enough that I knew what a razor strap was (granddad had one) but not quite old enough to know what it did (dad didn't have one). This is my thing learned for the day. Thanks :)

[RNB65]

That makes me wonder - how does leather holster wear compare to say, kydex?

I believe kydex causes less long-term wear then leather. But it depends on the quality of the kydex holster and how much contact there is between the kydex and the firearm. But all holsters cause some degree of holster wear. It's unavoidable. If it bothers you, just plan on getting your carry weapon reblued or repolished every few years.

[The Lone Haranguer]

Holster wear is caused by contact/friction between the inside of the holster and the high points on the contours of the gun. There are two major ways this can happen. First is the act of inserting and withdrawing the gun into/from the holster. If you carry a gun long term, and especially if you practice holster "presentations" with any frequency, you will be doing this a lot. I call this "good" holster wear, since it is put there from honest use. The second is from using a holster that does not fit the gun (i.e., molded to the contours of it) and allows it to slip and flop around inside. This is "bad" holster wear. A third way is from dirt or other bits of grit getting into and embedding in the inside of the holster. This causes scratches rather than the burnishing/polishing.

[AndyC]

Signs of honest use - display with pride (as opposed to idiot-marks) ;)