Why is my barrel scratching up?

[Old_Me]

This. I learned a long time ago to put a few drops of Lucas Gun oil (spread around with a q-tip) on the inside of the slide where the barrel contacts the slide and it greatly reduces wear on the top of the barrel chamber. I have over 2000 rounds thru my Echelon and the top of the barrel has minimum wear.View attachment 66149

i put it IN the slide where it makes contact, and i spread some on the barrel's hood as well.

in fact, ALL my semi-automatics.

spread on, wipe off the excess, just a thin film.

 

[Old_Me]

Did you fill in the hellcat writing with paint? My hellcat pro is just an engraving basically in the metal. Wondering how your writing is white and mine isn’t, hmm! Also I’ve only put 50 rounds through mine. I just got it. So I don’t have the markings you do yet, however my other guns have this. So I would say it’s normal.

simple to do, putting "paint" in the engravings..

get an old plastic credit card, or other sort of card....this "scrapes off" the nail polish better, than using a towel or rag.

then watch this video

i did my G-17 years ago. and my CZ 75 B...but i don't do it anymore

 

[SimonRL]

not only that, but he ain't been here since Feb, of '23

Yeah, he hangs out on HKPro these days!