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Medic624 wrote: ha ha ha... The rust isn't as much a huge issue as much as I was surprised and annoyed it was there after only wearing it for 4 days. As I said, my XD has never had a speck and I've beat the crap out of that weapon. Actually, come to think of it...none of my guns has rust except that one...maybe I will call em and ask how much to upgrade to a stainless slide. It would probably look better anyway.

One thing that works for me, it a tube of Remington RemOil Wipes. Grap some of these, and no matter what weapon you carry, when you take it off, WIPE IT DOWN! For me, Its no different than taking my socks off before I go to bed. I would never go 4 days without wiping down my EDC!

Medic624 wrote:Well, given their reputation for making a decent weapon I, at a minimum, expected it to shoot where I pointed the barrel and the rust... Well, my buddy Juan owns an ugly old hi point and for LESS than 200.00 I've never known it to rust from sweat.

I hear you!

I was never happy with the sights on mine, but this is not a target pistol. In fact, I don't even enjoy shooting it with that terrible trigger, but I can hit a human sized target from 10 yards without using the sights. It has never jammed or failed in any way, and I would trust my rusty Kel-Tec with my life before I would a Hi-Point.

I am sure that Kel-Tec will make it right for you. I have heard nothing but positive reports about their customer service. If not, I'm sure you could find someone to trade a Hi-Point for your KT.

Just a thought, you could easily break down the slide, and put a better finish on it for very little $$.

Me, I will just continue to put oil on mine.

Happy shooting!

This is exactly why I bought a Kel-Tec! I sweat in the summer time!

I wear mine as a beater gun. I wear it when I mow the yard, work on the motorcycle, dirty, sweaty jobs like that. If I am leaving the house and going to be in the AC, then I strap on my Lightweight Commander, and the Kel-Tec gets thrown in the center console of my pick-up (It's a beater).

I have had to clean surface rust off of mine a couple of times, but I dont think that is a big deal. After I clean it it gets a good layer of oil on it to stop it from rusting.

What do you expect from a $250 gun?