Slide Finish Question

[spirithawk]

Seems all the PF-9's I see have one of three finishes. Blued (Glossy), Parkerized, or Hard Chrome. Mine has what appears to be a Matte Blue finish. How common is that and am I correct in that it's Matte Blued?

[aGATORSfan]

My parkerized, PF9, looks like this.

[Haugrdr]

Ditto, looks parkerized to me.

[spirithawk]

Thanks guys, that's what I thought too. On the plastic case it came in it just says Blued/Green Grip. It's obviously not your standard blued slide. The serial number matches the box so I wonder if it was just misslabled? How are your cases labeled, Blued or Parkerized?


PS. I just looked at PF-9's on Gun Broker and they had three OD Green Parkerized models. One of the three even listed it as Parkerized Matte Black finish. I'm convinced mine is Parkerized as it looks exactly like those listed. Surprized it doesn't say Parkerized on the case though. I bought it new but wonder if it could have been Parkerized after leaving the factory? As I said, what puzzles me is it saying OD Green/Blue on the case.


Mine again for comparison




OD Green/Parkerized listed on Gun Broker Though the color is a bit off in both pics ( mine looks lighter due to the flash) it sure looks like mine.