Lots of people have mentioned the amount of oil that seems to come on a Shield45. Mine was dripping with oil so much so that the nice padded silicone wrap they come in went directly in the trash. (9's seem to come bone dry)

Now, with that thought let me shift gears to something I have noticed. I am the type that cleans everytime its shot. When the Shield9 was being broken in it took many hundreds of rounds before any slide wear marks of any kind appeared on the slide guides. The Shield45 had wear marks appear almost immediately and after 450 rounds are fairly dramatic in comparision to the 9.

This brings some questions to my mind....(for everyone)

1. Was yours this wet when received?
2. You runnin yours wet or dry?
3. Internal working pressures: Is lube much more critical for the "larger" round?
4. How would you judge the "wear marks" on yours at this point?