Defect or normal wear?

[JConn]

Has anyone ever seen this on a Glock OEM "-" connector?

http://i1201.photobucket.com/albums/bb345/JConn1/glockminus.jpg

I clean my weapons regularly and this area always has a coating of gun butter on it. The connector has about 5000 rounds on it. I did not know these were plated but it appears so. I noticed this today during a detailed cleaning. I am going to replace it for now. Is it time to toss this one? Thoughts?

Edit: I do not have a spare 3.5 connector so if this one would work until the next one comes in, that would be preferable.

[fuse]

No wonder your trigger was so gritty. Seriously it felt like sand paper. It should be noted jconn uses the ny1/ minus combo.

When I was running the ny1 I noticed this sort of wear on both my connector and trigger bar. I think the ny1 can be tough on these parts..

Though I certainly have no long term experience. But even for the 3 or so months I used the ny1, i had noticeable wear.