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I don't wear jewelry, namely rings. A couple times I've let other people try one of my guns, I noticed later a tiny scratch in the grip area. I suspect, but can not confirm, they were caused by rings they were wearing. I had this happen this past weekend, when I found a small nick in my G10 grip.

I know a lot of shooters wear at least a wedding band and maybe class ring too. Those of you who wear jewelry, do you notice scratches on your guns that line up around where you wear your rings?

Note: I know guns are tools. I am not asking how much incidental scratches to my tools should bother me; I'm asking if jewelry is a common cause of scratches to guns.
 
Posts: 3172 | Location: Texas | Registered: June 17, 2003Reply With QuoteReport This Post
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Lots of police trade ins have galling on the front straps from wedding rings.
 
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Ring wear is well noted in many used gun ads.
 
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I’ve been wearing a silicone wedding band for years now so as to avoid such scratches.
 
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Years ago I let my boss at the time shoot my shotgun.
I was rewarded with some nice "ring dings" on the pistol grip.
I did however take the pain and kept my mouth shut.

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Lose the jewelry or wear gloves.
 
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I take my ring off beforehand and make my wife as well. In addition to nicking the coating on something like a classic Sig, it can damage the rings.
 
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I had taken a female friend shooting and she had racked the slide with a ring on. Left a noticeable mark. It kinda bothered me for a bit, but it wasn’t her fault. Then I got over it cuz it got more wear from holster and competition.

ETA: I did learn from that and make sure anyone that handles my Anniversary 1911 takes off all rings.


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My son nicked up the grip on my Kahr after I let him use it for a day. My son in law solved the problem by having my daughters initials tatooed on his ring finger because he shouldn't wear rings or jewelry in his line of work. I never could stand to wear any kind of jewelry. I don't know how some of you guys drag these huge watches around on your wrist all day. Razz I can only have a wallet on me if I am out doing errands and will need it and then it lives in the console until I go into a store.


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Never really thought about it, but all my heavy use guns are polymer (P320/AR15) or rubber-sleeved (Hogue slip-on).




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My duty weapon is silver on the front strap from my wedding ring. The retired duty weapon that I purchased when they replaced it is pretty chewed up in the same place. Of my personal weapons, my M9 is the only one with significant ring wear. I try to remember to remove any rings before a range session, but I don’t always think about it.

It’s extremely common from what I’ve seen, especially with aluminum frames.
 
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