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Posted: 8/12/2024 3:50:34 PM EST
Simple question, which do you prefer, blued, nickel, stainless, or other?
What's your least favorite? Personally, I prefer stainless, followed by blued, with nickel far, far behind. I do have a S&W Model 14 which appears to have been parkerized. I'd put it above nickel just because of how easily nickel can be damaged and how shitty it looks when it has been. |
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Posted: 8/12/2024 4:04:20 PM EST
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WA, USA
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Posted: 8/12/2024 4:11:46 PM EST
[#2]
The old Colt Royal Blue, as applied to my '65 Python. You could shave in it-- it's all in the polish job.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 8/12/2024 4:13:50 PM EST
[#3]
Color case hardening
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Posted: 8/12/2024 4:18:45 PM EST
[#4]
I don't have a favorite finish.
Performance trumps all. |
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Posted: 8/12/2024 4:20:08 PM EST
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Posted: 8/12/2024 4:22:30 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By d__j__b: Color case hardening This. |
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USA
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Posted: 8/12/2024 9:06:33 PM EST
[#7]
Bead blasted stainless...
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TX, USA
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Posted: 8/12/2024 10:11:15 PM EST
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Posted: 8/13/2024 8:41:29 AM EST
[#9]
Use to be a blued pistol guy
The convenience of stainless has a beauty all of its own Its really grown on me |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 8/13/2024 9:26:25 AM EST
[#10]
I prefer a blued finish, but so long as it's a matte finish and not shiny, I can like a silver like finish.
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OH, USA
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Posted: 8/13/2024 9:40:52 AM EST
[#11]
I like blue and stainless but if I had to pick one it would be blue.
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Posted: 8/13/2024 10:47:37 AM EST
[#12]
Properly done blued is first for me. It's like a work of art. Then bead blasted stainless.
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Posted: 8/13/2024 10:53:11 AM EST
[#13]
A well done bluing looks great.
Stainless looks good and is more durable for regular carry. |
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NV, USA
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Posted: 8/13/2024 11:29:05 AM EST
[#14]
Case Hardened
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IA, USA
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Posted: 8/13/2024 12:43:00 PM EST
[#15]
Own a ton of revolvers. I started out with blue, jumped hard into stainless when they first came out (yeah, I'm old) then moved back to blue. Have two or three in nickel. A couple parked. Any more I just buy what interests me.
Carry revolvers are all stainless. |
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Posted: 8/13/2024 1:58:40 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By SteveOak: A well done bluing looks great. Stainless looks good and is more durable for regular carry. This. I love a good blued gun, but they usually stay in the safe. The stainless guns get carried. |
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Posted: 8/13/2024 9:04:29 PM EST
[#17]
Blued. Ironically, I only own stainless revolvers. Unless you count my S&W 432UC, but I would consider that black, not blued.
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WY, USA
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Posted: 8/14/2024 6:35:16 PM EST
[#18]
I don't own one at present, but I REALLY like S&W bright nickel
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Posted: 8/14/2024 6:52:26 PM EST
[#19]
Blued
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Posted: 8/14/2024 9:41:59 PM EST
[#20]
color case hardened with blued accents.
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Posted: 8/14/2024 10:53:10 PM EST
[#21]
Blued looks better, but I prefer stainless for reasons.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 8/15/2024 11:29:08 AM EST
[#22]
#1 bead blasted stainless
#2 midnight dumpster special |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 11:56:36 AM EST
[Last Edit: gunnut284]
[#23]
Stainless for something I’m going to use. Bead blasted is nice for reducing glare. A well worn blued gun has its own appeal too but the utility of stainless is hard to beat. I’ve sold two nickel finish guns just so I didn’t have to worry about damaging the finish. Hate nickel.
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Posted: 8/15/2024 4:12:35 PM EST
[Last Edit: Seven-Shooter]
[#24]
Polished stainless, but the blackened finish on my TRR8 is also pretty sweet.
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Posted: 8/15/2024 4:19:43 PM EST
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Quote HistoryOriginally Posted By Seven-Shooter: Polished stainless, but the blackened finish on my TRR8 is also pretty sweet. I’d be happy to have the nitride/Tenifer/Melonite/etc finish/treatment catch on for revolvers the way it has with semi-autos. Not quite sure why it hasn’t. |
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Posted: 8/15/2024 4:19:55 PM EST
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I love the look of the old Colt / Smith blueing but the best finish I've had on a gun I owned was Armoloy, a hard chrome finish. I had a 4" Highway Patrolman that had been Armoloyed with a satin finish and it was amazingly easy to clean, not to mention virtually impossible to scratch.
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USA
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Posted: 8/17/2024 3:28:22 PM EST
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The older Colt & S&W deep blue.
Ruger makes damn fine working guns, but they never matched the blueing of the pre-1970s Colt or S&W. |
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SD, USA
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Posted: 8/17/2024 4:00:29 PM EST
[#28]
If I had the choice, I would want them parkerized, which is very rare for revolvers. Blued is the next best thing. I don't want anything shiny.
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PA, USA
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Posted: 8/21/2024 7:52:32 AM EST
[#29]
Blued. And I'm not afraid to use it.
"But it'll scratch and scuff he finish." Yeah, that's the point. The only thing that looks better than a nice blued finish is a nicely worn blued finish. Although I have a weird fetish for old west revolvers with a parkerized finish and black rubber checkered grips. Like this:  Though I'm not sure if that particular one is actually parkerized or just some other gray finish. |
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Posted: 8/21/2024 7:16:01 PM EST
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I really like the finish Ruger puts on some M77s and Redhawks. I wish there was a shop that could replicate it, or that I could send my Speed Six in to Ruger to have it done.
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Posted: 8/25/2024 6:45:29 PM EST
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Least favorite is clear anodized aluminum like the 642
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Posted: 8/25/2024 6:51:18 PM EST
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The old highly polished blued finishes are my favorites. I know that functionally they are the worst, it's easy to scratch and wear them and rust damage usually hides under the stocks but they are just so good looking.
Functionally I think standard stainless brushed finishes are the best. Minimal care takes care of any rust forming anywhere and the grey 3M pads can be used to restore the brushed finish from any wear. Any of the coatings are typically good for a decade or more, but all will eventually wear through and if not properly done will flake. Re-doing them can be a problem as the better they resist wear the harder they are to remove in order to properly re-coat the firearm. |
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PA, USA
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Posted: 9/20/2024 4:36:40 AM EST
[Last Edit: Nickel_Plated]
[#33]
Voted blue, and I'm not afraid to carry them.
A polished black NDLC is a close second since it looks like bluing. But nobody really does that from factory. Yeah I know, user name does not check out.  I've only ever actually owned one nickel plated gun. A Beretta 85. Edit: lol, I didn't realize I posted in this thread before. 
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Posted: 9/20/2024 5:41:27 AM EST
[#34]
High gloss black DLC is the only way to go
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MN, USA
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Posted: 9/20/2024 10:38:21 AM EST
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I kinda like the Ruger "target grey" finish on my 480
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Posted: 9/20/2024 2:33:09 PM EST
[#36]
I like 'em all. Proper high polish blue or nickel. Plus, stainless and color-case hardened is a blast. I have 'em all. But my favorite is stainless just because it is easier to clean.
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USA
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Posted: 9/23/2024 2:29:46 PM EST
[#37]
Two tone, black frame with a matte stainless cylinder.
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Posted: 9/24/2024 7:24:22 PM EST
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Out of all the S&W revolvers I've owned, this is the first blued one.
A 25-5 I picked up today. While I'm solidly in the stainless steel camp, she sure is a beauty  Attached File Attached File Attached File |
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