That superficial wear will occur after one trip to the range. Given the history I wouldn't worry about it if I were you. Have you fired it yet?
Thanks for the good word. I have fired it already.
Suggest thoroughly clean, lubricate (looks already done) and change recoil spring. Remember that the grip screws will often loosen after only 20 rounds or so and loose screws on the right (ejection) side will invariably result in trigger issues. NEVER over tighten the grip screws...once they are stripped it is nearly impossible to remove them. It appears to me as if you have a very nice R9. If that slide is really black, it would either be a Stealth model or a Covert. Good luck!
I nearly learned the hard way about losing grip screws. The range I use has gravel and wood chips on the ground, so a lost screw is really LOST. What are the choices regarding replacements?
Before I fired it, I cleaned, inspected and lubed it. I also ordered a bag of five Wolff outer recoil springs, and have already put about 80 rounds on a new spring.
All ammo I've fed it are 115 grain hollow points.
The gun reliably
feeds all the ammos I've run through it except the Speer Gold Dot. The nose of the bullet often catches on the bottom of the feed ramp, as you can see in picture. I've heard so many good things about the Gold Dot's that I'd like to do what I can to get the gun to run them reliably. Two mags came with the gun when I bought it, and I bought two new mags from Checkmate. The Gold Dots give me this problem with
all four mags.
The gun experienced misfires with:
Hornady XTP
Black Hills EXP
Remington HTP (especially high misfire rate)
Following this experience, I detail stripped the gun, lubed the hammer and other FCG components with Mobil 1 ATF, and the misfire rate went down, but I'm still not confident about using these ammos. Even after the clean and lube, the Remington HTP's still have a high misfire rate. I guess the primers are particularly hard.
As of now, the gun feeds and fires Winchester Silvertips, Sig Sauer V-Crown JHP, and Hornady Critical Defense. For now, I am loading it with Critical Defense.
I really love this little gun. It's an R9s...stealth version.
Let me know where to get some spare grip screws, and maybe I need a more stout hammer spring to deal with the misfire issue.
Thanks again for your guidance. I'll chime in as I learn more.