About a year and a half ago I had traded my full size M&P45 to my brother-in-law as I was looking for a smaller carry gun. He traded me his Glock 23 (and a bunch of other things) which I turned around and traded 2 days later to get an M&P40c.

So, I've always wanted my M&P45 back at some point and so I finally was able to trade him back. I traded him my CAI Romanian GP WASR 10/63 AK47 for it. So, the same actual M&P45 is now back home where it belongs.

Below are a few pics. One is of the pistol, the second is of my first mag through it and the third shows the distance (50 ft) at which I was firing. It is so nice to have it home. I've been carrying my SR1911 since my XDs45 was sent in for the recall. And, while I love my 1911, it is a bit heavy at times so it is nice to have the M&P back to have for the carry rotation.

Oh, and the slide shows some holster wear from his carrying, but the white coloring (fingernail polish) is what I did about 2 years ago. So it is pretty durable. I am thinking of getting the slide Cerakoted and perhaps the frame as well. And, I will probably put in the APEX DCAEK trigger kit like I did into the 40c.

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Always nice to hear a happy ending.

You must be very happy to have it back. I know I would be.


Why have it Cerakoted? Do you want to change the color? The Melonite treatment from S&W is much more durable than Cerakote.

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1. The slide is showing wear, so it doesn't look as good as it did when new. Why would it show such wear if it is Melonite treated?

2. I will probably do a different color scheme. I'm looking to do this one for my SR1911 and may choose something similar to match.

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Everything shows wear to some degree. Kydex holsters are much harder on a gun's finish than leather. If the previous owner used a Kydex(or some other plastic-like holster) then it will show some wear.

Melonite is very tough, but not invincible. The only treatment that is more durable is Hard Hat and it will cost you about $500 to have that done.

I like that color scheme you pictured. That is the beauty of Cerakote, it can be had in many different colors.

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Was only in leather.
True

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I never knew kydex was rougher on a guns finish than leather. I LOVE this forum...GOOD STUFF!!

Yeah, check this out...

This is my gun immediately after being refinished:


This is what it looked like after about 1,000 rounds and 200 or so presentations from a Kydex holster:


This is what it looks like now after a lot of use and many thousand more rounds:


I carry it in a leather holster most of the time these days.

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