Stainless VS Blue,Parkerized, bla bla bla

[D.A.V.I.D.]

I like guns, ALL KINDS! Well not charter arms or hi point.

[Fishslayer]

I couldn't find how to poll but i was wondering how many calgunners view any pistol finish other than stainless as Mfg'ers being CHEAP and trying to make more money with a cheaper finish?

EDIT: Good bluing isn't cheap and stainless isn't a "finish." Now... stainless can be matte, brushed, polished... BAD bluing is kinda cheap, but it looks cheap...

[CandG]

Anybody who thinks that good blueing is cheap and that stainless is a "finish" isn't really worth arguing with...

But he wasn't arguing, he was asking a question. Albeit a poorly worded one.

[CandG]

Reading this thread, this seems a pretty binary decision with little middle ground. I also understand and do not discount the finish durability argument.

That said I'm among the 'I don't do shiny' crowd. Shiny can get you dead, night or day.

You going to battle soon? lol... a recon mission with guns blazing is about the only scenario I can think of where that would matter.

But at any rate, only a small portion of my firearms would ever have the potential to be used in a gunfight anyways. Lots of them I own just purely for fun, and for those I'll pick their finish (or lack thereof) accordingly.

All my defensive weapons happen to be matte black, but that wasn't really intentional, it just happened that way.

[beerman]

I vote nickel ! (for the safe queens) Really I prefer Blued steel & wood

[Fishslayer]

But he wasn't arguing, he was asking a question. Albeit a poorly worded one.

You have a point. Edited.

To look at there's nothing like an old skool S&W or Python. The $$$ is in the polishing, actually.