"Wavey" slides/Springfield Loadeds

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Big George

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Yesterday I attended the Gun Show at Salem, Va. While there I saw a number of new Springfield Loaded models. (This is good because the asking prices were much lower than a year ago)

I noticed on the stainless and bright blued models that the slides appeared to be "wavey" or distorted. This anomoly was not visable on the matte blue models. Is this because of roll marking the slides? I've never noticed this on other 1911A1s (many thousands of them)

I suppose this is not a functional problem, but is rather cosmetic...

I own a Springfiled HiCap that was produced just prior to the Loaded line, and it doesn't appear to have this wavy/distorted look.

Does anybody have any input as to why these Springfiels have this look?
 
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George Hill

Staff Alumnus
Must be the drugs...
I dont see any waves on my slide - hold on - let me check again...

Nope.

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Brian Bilby

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It's probably from the buffing wheels when they polish it. If too much pressure is put on, it will make them wavy like you mention.

Brian
 
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Big George

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Thank you Brian...That's what I suspected because the waviness is not consistant from one gun to the other. We saw either three or four Loadeds that had this anomoly. I'm almost certain that it's not a problem that should worry the buyer. Doesn't look good, but what the hell...it's a good gun.
 
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BigG

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Mebbe the guy polishing the gun was, er, Loaded?! LOL

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