Board Thread:General Nerf discussion/@comment-15509089-20130822023822/@comment-126472-20130822135104

It sounds like there could be some molding issues with the slide, or maybe even a minor design flaw.

I haven't had this issue yet, but here's my recommendation: remove the slide and look on where it touched the spots that are dented. There may be some left over plastic from the mold sprue that wasn't trimmed off properly.

The Recon/Retaliator mold is getting pretty old now, and it's not unheard of for this sort of thing to happen in later casts of an item.