paint flying off chamber indicator

[stuckinatree90]

hey guys, i've got a problem with my sr9c. i'm not sure if this is a normal thing for this pistol or not, but.. i've only put about 500-700 rounds through my pistol and on two occasions the red paint that they put on the chamber indicator from the factory 'exploded' in my face. the second time it happened, it was like confetti in my face. now the chamber indicator has practically no paint on it. it looks as if it was never painted to begin with, with the exception of the front portion. have any of you heard of this?

thanks guys,
-Ian

 

[Cheesewhiz]

What do you use to clean your guns with? There are some solvents that will go after that paint, I know because mine lost it's paint years ago after using a spray cleaner that has never been a problem with other finishes.

 

[pjvrefugee]

mine has been gone for a long time. I do not care. it has zero to do with feed and function. gun shoots like a dream!

 

[JPGLSG]

Red paint......who needs stinking red paint.....forget bout it !!!!

 

[Cheesewhiz]

I've used Markal paint pens to fix the little red indented dots for safeties. The paint holds up well to most cleaning solvents.

http://www.markal.com/liquid-paint-markers/pro-line-xt/

 

[stuckinatree90]

i pretty much douse the thing in barricade. mostly because i love the way it smells, but i havent ever had rust on my pistol.. so i guess it works well. hoppes#9 for the barrel and a light coat of rem oil after everything has been wiped down all clean. i mostly use the fouling blaster for my 91/30 cause of the disgustingly dirty ammunition it fires. and yeah im not too worried about the paint. i just wondered why it sprayed out like a party popper. i didn't know if it was just something only i've experienced or if its a normal thing.

 

[wixedmords]

I was kinda wondering if that was a red sticker. Mine blew right off on my SR9. Not worried about it though. It doesn't do much in the way of color matching.

 

[rammerjammer]

The paint on my former LC9's LCI came off and I only used Hoppes on it.

 

[Idaho Spud]

I removed the red paint from my SR9c first thing. It was embarrassing. Unfortunately the writing wasn't so easily remedied. Didn't affect gun function, however, pro or con.

 

[jb1911]

Sounds like a good thing to me.

 

[Brian48]

Sounds like a good thing to me.

Was thinking the same thing. I'd leave it.

 

[Ruger Nut10]

Mine fell off the first few months of owning it. Never missed it. I have contemplated filing it down so it doesn't stick up as far.

 

[D_Gunner]

Why do they put a chamber indicator on there anyways.Treat a gun as if its always loaded at all times

 

[findlayref19]

Why do they put a chamber indicator on there anyways.Treat a gun as if its always loaded at all times

There are some silly (big brother) states that require loaded chamber indicators. It's probably cheaper to put them on all guns than to produce 2 different guns.

 

[mysquishy]

mine came off my sr9 too, not an issue