My good luck with getting good training weather for my range trips continues - yesterday during our informal shooting groups monthly training session I spent about six hours standing around in the rain, exposing my Beretta PX4 and its Safariland holster to the elements. So today, as I'm taking care of various bits of gear that got soaking wet, I started wondering:
1) Yesterday my draws didn't seem too fluid, the gun felt like it stuck into the holster more than usual. This could be just poor technique by my part, my hands were pretty wet and cold during the pistol portion of our training session, but has anyone else noticed the suede lining in Safariland duty holsters becoming "stickier" during wet weather?
2) Are there any recommended maintenance procedures I should be doing to the holster after exposure to the elements? For example, should I put oil into the SLS locking mechanism, or is that just more likely to attract dirt and grime? One of the mounting screws of the holster looks to have gotten this lovely orange hue, I should probably put a tiny dab of oil on that at least...