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Originally Posted by haywood
I check mine daily. I keep a rag and can of Ballistol handy. If you keep an eye on it you won't have a problem.
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Absolutely correct. If I'd done this from the start, I wouldn't be writing these cautionary posts about rust on the yoke of 442s.
But I started carrying the 442 after a couple of years with a Glock 26. I would shoot that every month or two in an IDPA match and clean it afterwards, otherwise I ignored maintenance. With nary a trace of rust anywhere. (Carried it IWB, too, so conditions were the same as rusted the 442.) I treated the 442 the same at first, but learned it needs more attention.
I've switched to other J frames for daily carry, stainless and alloy but all with a stainless yoke, and never had a hint of rust on any of 'em. And I DON'T wipe them down every night. So, in my single-sample experience, the 442 is more susceptible to rust than guns with a stainless yoke. It needs regular attention, where the stainless guns don't.