Glock Finish?

[Smith]

So I've had about every gun that has tennifer/melonite and I have noticed a difference between the rest and Glock. The Glock has almost a plastic texture resilience to the slide that other tenniferd guns don't. My question is what gives it that Glock plasti-dip type feel. I really like it. I have a new Walther P99 that has Tennifer and it feels more like an XD, M&P, or the others with the same treatment. So other than PERFECTION! what makes the Glock different?

[TGO David]

The black outer finish on a Glock isn't Tenifer, it's something else. The Tenifer treatment is beneath that.

[Smith]

Yeah I know that, but is it plasti-dip or what?

[I_Like_Pie]

It is actually just manganese parkerizing over the tenifer finish.

[Guest RandomHero]

So I've had about every gun that has tennifer/melonite and I have noticed a difference between the rest and Glock. The Glock has almost a plastic texture resilience to the slide that other tenniferd guns don't. My question is what gives it that Glock plasti-dip type feel. I really like it. I have a new Walther P99 that has Tennifer and it feels more like an XD, M&P, or the others with the same treatment. So other than PERFECTION! what makes the Glock different?

You best believe that PERFECTION was the reason! lol

[TGO David]

It is actually just manganese parkerizing over the tenifer finish.

It's actually maganese phosphate combined with Chuck Norris' tears.

[poak]

It's actually maganese phosphate combined with Chuck Norris' tears.

Pfffffft! Yeah, like Chuck Norris cries...

[TGO David]

Pfffffft! Yeah, like Chuck Norris cries...

Only when cradling an orphan child in the burned out ruins of an urban church.

[Guest db99wj]

wow, this got....funny. LOL!

[Guest Jamie]

It's actually maganese phosphate combined with Chuck Norris' tears.

I thought it was a manganese and kool-aid mixture...

[I_Like_Pie]

Actually...when Chuck Norris drinks kool-aid the very thought of him crying makes a glock

harden up.

[Guest hickok]

Whatever it is, I'm glad Glock reduced the thickness of it recently. It was making the slide surface so slippery that I could not grip the serrations well. I still prefer the finish on the early Glocks. Less "pretty," but more functional for me.

Did I just use the word "pretty" in connection with Glocks!!!!

[DaveTN]

After the Tenifer finish it’s just dipped in road tar. From the tests I have seen apparently a lot of glocksters like to tie their Glocks to a rope and drag it behind their car. The road tar doesn’t show the road rash as bad.

However… the guys that keep their Glocks in a frozen bucket of water are complaining that big chunks of the road tar falls off.

[TGO David]

After the Tenifer finish it’s just dipped in road tar. From the tests I have seen apparently a lot of glocksters like to tie their Glocks to a rope and drag it behind their car. The road tar doesn’t show the road rash as bad.

However… the guys that keep their Glocks in a frozen bucket of water are complaining that big chunks of the road tar falls off.

It's too early to be drinking, man.