Posted: 9/11/2009 10:47:51 AM EDT
| I am currently considering getting a used FNP-9 that has the stainless slide, however I would like to have the black matte stainless slide. Can the black slides be purchased separately from anywhere? |
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Why not buy one that already has a black stainless slide?
FNP9 with black slide |
| I called them about 6 months ago wanting to find out how much it would cost to re-coat my slide since it got some hairline scratches across the top whilst riding in the passenger seat. I got sent to the voicemail of the parts manager and left a message, I wait two weeks and then called back to their call center. The guy that I spoke with told me it had to be "reblued" which I thought was strange, since A the finish does not feel or look like bluing and B even the black models have stainless slides which does not take to bluing the same as carbon steel, he quoted me something like $185 to do it. I asked him again "is it just blued?" and he said yes, at which point I said I had a local gunsmith that would do bluing for far less and would talk with him first. A few weeks after that I finally got my call returned by the parts manager and I told him that I'd already spoken with their service center and that rebluing the slide would cost half as much as the gun and I could probably just get a new one. This was when I was informed that A. the slide is not blued and B. they would not refinish it, but that I could pay for a new slide. I don't know if you have to trade in your old one or not, but the cost was around $200. |
