Stainless VS Other
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Phazer
.450/400 Nitro Ex
Does it go bang when you pull the trigger? Well...then I won't avoid it.
I've only got one stainless pistol. I don't treat it any differently. But then, to me, my pistols are tools. I treat them accordingly.
I've only got one stainless pistol. I don't treat it any differently. But then, to me, my pistols are tools. I treat them accordingly.
Greywolf224
6.5 Creedmoor
I prefer stainless over blue. Not that one is better than the other. Just my preference. 75% of my handguns are stainless. I just like the stainless look.
Clean them both the same way....I don't!
Actually looking at a stainless 357 carbine.
Clean them both the same way....I don't!
Actually looking at a stainless 357 carbine.
I also prefer stainless over blued or plated. 75% of my guns are stainless. If a gun I like is available in stainless and blued, I'll go out of my way, and pay as needed to get the stainless version.
Mr. terzmo
.308 Win
I prefer stainless just for maintenance reasons
I do not prefer one over the other. I enjoy the looks of both.
The Stainless though, I love to polish them and get them gleaming. I use one of my Stainless 1911's as my BBQ/Picnic gun. I wear it in an open bottom holster so the shine can be seen a mile away. Great way to open up conversations about guns.
The Stainless though, I love to polish them and get them gleaming. I use one of my Stainless 1911's as my BBQ/Picnic gun. I wear it in an open bottom holster so the shine can be seen a mile away. Great way to open up conversations about guns.
Greywolf224
6.5 Creedmoor
Or to show them not to fuck with you when your hamburgers taste sucky!
Robin
.475 A&M Magnum
My stainless gun is home made and I painted it black. It too is a great conversation starter at our outdoor parties, a conversation stopper too, Hah!
Robin
Robin
Greywolf224
6.5 Creedmoor
My stainless gun is home made and I painted it black. It too is a great conversation starter at our outdoor parties, a conversation stopper too, Hah!
Robin
Skeet shooting I see!
Bananabandit
.338 Win Mag
Most of my guns are stainless (revolvers). No special treatment
Deplorable Me
.700 Nitro Express
I don't worry about a little carbon staining. Polishing to perfect clean stainless tends to remove base material unnecessarily.
I remove copper from my stainless varmint heavy barrel.
If nothing is coming off on the patches and the carbon stain is still there, good enough.
Like old husbands, they clean up nice but will never be perfect.
I remove copper from my stainless varmint heavy barrel.
If nothing is coming off on the patches and the carbon stain is still there, good enough.
Like old husbands, they clean up nice but will never be perfect.
I polish the hell out of my stainless guns using Mothers Billet polish. Wow, the shine and the gleam!
ProgSpear
.338 Win Mag
My stainless gun is home made and I painted it black. It too is a great conversation starter at our outdoor parties, a conversation stopper too, Hah!
Robin
60mmBR precision cannon?
Robin
.475 A&M Magnum
More like a 50-8mm. More like a street sweeper, when loaded with a couple handfuls of .50 round balls.
Something to behold!
Robin
Something to behold!
Robin
Harry Hood
.223 Rem
Are you talking about nickel or crome stainless or just stainless gun in general? I have a Sig P226 that is black stainless. I wipe it before I put it away, but nothing crazy.
meketrefe
.450/400 Nitro Ex
I like things to be as much durable and weather resistant as they can be.
So I like either stainless or nitrocarburized (Melonite) barrels and parts.
I also like stainess brushed. It is very hard to keep stainless polished and I don't want any
firearms to be shiny beacons anyway, specially hunting firearms must be coated dark and flat no matter what.
Nice thing melonite is that is dark and beautiful normally w/o doing anything else.
In barrels not only is treating the outside but also the chamber and bore.
So I like either stainless or nitrocarburized (Melonite) barrels and parts.
I also like stainess brushed. It is very hard to keep stainless polished and I don't want any
firearms to be shiny beacons anyway, specially hunting firearms must be coated dark and flat no matter what.
Nice thing melonite is that is dark and beautiful normally w/o doing anything else.
In barrels not only is treating the outside but also the chamber and bore.
Snappo
6.5 Creedmoor
I have a few weapons in stainless and I think they look very cool. Nothing I own other than a few C&R's are safe queens; so stuff in stainless seems fairly durable to me. Stainless barrels are often match quality; which is a good thing.
gun_slinger_boy
.338 Win Mag
Some guns are good/cool in stainless and others not so much. A nice stainless 1911 is cool. An all stainless ar or ak? I don't think so. Stainless is easier to clean. Rust on stainless is almost certainly whatever was on top of the stainless and not the stainless itself. Some grades of stainless can actually be passivated with concentrated nitric acid. The picture above was either some type of plating over normal steel or a very inferior grade of stainless. If it is a quality grade of stainless then the rust will brush right off.
GuyMontag
.44 mag
Bluing is classic, and what your gun is supposed to look like.
Ion bond or other modern coatings are excellent options as well, but the stainless look is just not for me.
I believe if they had Cerakote or Duracoat back in the day, they would have done away with bluing immediately.
gun_slinger_boy
.338 Win Mag
Maybe maybe not. Bluing is actually a form of rust (oxidation) to prevent another form of rust. Because bluing happens at the very surface of the piece it doesn't mess with the tolerances of other pieces it interacts with. Think of how important this would be when trying to pump out as many units as possible in a time of war. Bluing is fully capable as long as it was done correctly and doesn't come off the piece. I don't know of any finishes that wont come off under the right conditions. The quality and durability of finishes obviously vary but again they can all come off. If you want something truly superior to a particular finish then you have to actually make the entire piece out of a durable/resistant metal like SS, Al, Ti etc.
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Robin
.475 A&M Magnum
The bluing being done on modern off the shelf is not rust bluing, nor rust resistant. I have rust blued many guns and it is a very timely and labor intensive effort, but it is very rust resistant.
Robin
Robin
Acer-m14
20×102mm Vulcan
My stainless gun is home made and I painted it black. It too is a great conversation starter at our outdoor parties, a conversation stopper too, Hah!
Robin
now we know where all the black powder in NYS went .. ..
Shadow2
6.5 Creedmoor
If it has a stainless version then that's the one I'll choose. Stainless may not be 100 percent rust proof but it's much easier to maintain / refinish if rust occurs.
Shadow2
6.5 Creedmoor
The advantage of stainless, A piece of glass and 300-400 grit paper and some oil, the rust on the flats of that 1911 would look brand new.