[laktrash]

I have a S&W 457 with holster wear Its a good gun but not a safe queen, but seeing the bare metal drives me crazy I was thinking about taping the small lines and spraying with maybe a black primer. Like I said its a truck or bedside gun would this work ? Does anyone have any ideas Someone suggested a black sharpie and I could live with this just would like something a little more durable.

[shotgunjoel]

I don't think that I would take that approach. My advice to you would be to view it as a badge of a well used gun.

[The Lone Haranguer]

Is the wear from many practice draws, or from slipping and flopping about in a poorly made, loose fitting holster? The former is good (because it is from righteous use), the latter bad.

[David E]

If you do what you propose, it'll look 1000 times worse than it does now.

It's an economy gun. It's silly to try and make it into something it's not, especially for your intended use.

[ljnowell]

Enjoy those marks. Your gun serves you well, and wears the badge of proof.

[mljdeckard]

Um.....no.

I have wear marks on my carry 1911, my dad saw it and cringed. I told him; "At least I USE my guns." Keep it clean, don't let it rust, and if it gives you the willies, talk to a smith about having it re-blued. But I would rather see you do some homework and get some bluing agent from Brownell's and do it yourself than scribble on it with a freakin' sharpie.

[Ratdog68]

If it bugs you that much... have it reblued and then get a GOOD holster that is lined with smooth leather on the inside. Impurities get caught int he "suede" of the inside of the holster and abraid your gun's finish. If you're gonna fix it, fix it right.

[StrawHat]

Any leather will eventually remove finish from the metal. Reblue it if you want to but paint will always look like paint on a blued gun. If it really bugs you, replace it with a stainless steel gun and after it starts to wear, match the rest of the finish to the wear.

[chicharrones]

I think the "polished" bare metal of holster wear adds character to a blued gun.

On guns with military/duty finishes, holster wear just looks like a worn shovel. Kinda fugly. :p

As long as the shovel works every time though, no problem. :cool:

[Thedub88]

they make blueing markers. Just a thought

[nwilliams]

Unless the gun has some sort of collectible value there's no reason to worry about holster wear IMO. Holster wear is something to be respected not shunned, it really does show character and the love.

http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=371067&highlight=character
http://www.thehighroad.org/showthread.php?t=352928&highlight=character

[laktrash]

I don't know the quality of holster but I imagine it was good I just acquired it recently from a tenn nation guardsman. Its not a blued finish its a black alloy frame. But I'll listen to ya'll. I learned along time ago " If you don't know what your doing listen to someone that does"

[StrawHat]

When you are as stuck in your ways as I am you sometimes hear things that aren't what they are. When I read 457, I figured it was some variation of the M57, 41 Magnum revolver. I just searched and found out I was not even close! A 45 ACP self loader! I know, welcome to the 21st Century. Sorry, my answer was geared to a revolver and may not apply to that breed of handgun.

[The Lone Haranguer]

Unless you refinish the whole gun (or the slide), half-hearted measures like cold blue, marking pens, etc., will look worse than the wear.