John Marszalek
Operator
Apologies. I read wrong. Still cool about the case and mags. Optic ready is a plus. I may get the Toro conversion. Nice yours is already to go.
G3c slide finish
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John Marszalek
Operator
Basically what im left with after i had to use the good old steel wool. The top is brighter more of a dark gun steel. And the sides black. The good thing is tennifer is still there. She just has a different patina on top. I will never try and touch up something again. If I get a scratch it stays next time. Hopefully I did not make her look like crap.
WellArmed
Master Class
Looks like regular and commen holster wear. Some people pay good money for the "distressed" look..
I don't see the big deal in replacing the slide for an upgrade no matter the cost of the entire firearm considering how often this is done with AR's & Glocks. You can have an entry level lower on an AR or Glock and replace the upper with whatever tier upper you want and nobody questions that. Most of the performance of a firearm is in the upper or slide, besides a trigger swap.
John Marszalek
Operator
Thanks for the feed back. Looks more dramatic looking down but I agree I think it looks distressed. Maybe the guys at range will be fooled.
John Marszalek
Operator
I like your thinking.
Belt Fed
Ronin
Shoot that bad boy and often.
WellArmed
Master Class
There's a difference in replacing an upper for performance purposes vs replacing it just because there's a blemish. A stripped AR upper receiver is a stripped AR upper receiver all made to the same specs. The benefits are in what bolt carrier group, barrel, and maybe charging handle is used. The same is true for Glock slides, and I been on GlockTalk for about a decade, and they frown on replacing factory parts with aftermarket parts. There was also a similar thread were someone wanted a new slide for their Glock 17, and the consensus was the same as mine.... It's just a tool. If I go on ARFCOM, AKFiles.com, or
M4Carbine.net and state they you want to ditch a perfectly good upper because of a cosmetic blemish, they're going to troll you.
Look up "distressed slides" and pictures of handguns that people actually own, carry, and use on a regular basis. They all show finish wear. It's inevitable and will happen to every firearm that isn't a safe queen or owned by casual gun owners who will barely ever use their tools.
John Marszalek
Operator
Hell yeah.Shoot that bad boy and often.
John Marszalek
Operator
You are absolutely right. Thanks for the common sense talk. I am slowly coming to terms with this mentality. I actually like the look of the holster wear distress on top picture haha.
Annihilator
Emissary
To be totally honest, it doesn’t really look all that bad, like others have stated here, save your money and go out and enjoy it!
John Marszalek
Operator
Thanks bro. Will do. Looking forward to going out again soon put another 150 or so through it.
The OP was looking at an upgraded optics ready slide. So I would say that counts as an upgrade.
Also a BCG does nothing for performance as long as it headspace's correctly.
Annihilator
Emissary
Bassbob
Emissary
Be that as it may brother, there is a world of difference between upgrading your upper on an AR and putting a new slide on a $200 striker pistol. And for the record, I generally haven't upgraded uppers on ARs, I just buy another stripped lower and start over. And most Glock upgrades are barrel related are they not ?
I agree with the other guys that said run it. It don't look bad. Certainly not bad enough to worry about. And I am definitely one of those guys who would not spend $150 to put a new slide on a $200 gun. If you're that far in, just buy the whole gun.
Bassbob
Emissary
It may do something for lack of performance when a cheap BCG start breaking parts though.
WellArmed
Master Class
There's difference in changing an upper to gain a performance advantage vs changing the stripped upper just because there's a blemish. The point being there's not going to be anything gained other than a small cosmetic change.
Next, there is a difference in BCG's and they can be upgrades and made out of different types of metals, finishes that offer different features and levels of durability between them, staked differently, so on and so forth whether they all are headspaced correctly or not. Heck, even some have different cuts that aid in shooting suppressed.
Last, the OP's primary concern and all that I seen him post about was fixing the blemish on the slide. I may have missed it, but I didn't see any post about him wanting to use an optic. All I seen and gathered from everything he posted thus far is that his only concern was with the cosmetic rub marks. If anywhere in his post he eluded to wanting to carry with an optic, my opinion and advice would change.
Bassbob
Emissary
Mine wouldn't. My advice would be run it like it is, don't let it rust and buy a complete other, better pistol that is already cut for an optic.
Keystone19250
SAINT
Agreed, looks great.
WellArmed
Master Class
I agree... I have nothing against the current crop of Taurus handguns. I think they are good to go. With that said, the optic ready G3c is $260 online. If he's going to spend $150 on an optic cut slide, he might as well throw in the extra $110 or so, and buy another Taurus G3c that's optic ready. That is, get the slide for $150 or add an extra $110 to that and get two extra mags, a barrel, recoil spring assembly, and complete frame.