blued vs stainless

Well poo. All he does is grips for Rugers. I'm a Smith & Wesson person myself.
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Sounds like a good excuse to go buy you a ruger :p Although I do think S&W's blueing is better than Ruger's

Like I said I do like both. the more I think about it though, I think I perfer Stainless in Single Action and DA revovlers Blued. for some reason to me a Stainless DA just doesn't look right, but looks real purty on a SA. Go figure
 
i think guns are just beautiful, blued and stainless. unfortunately i watched tommy lee jones in US Marshals and he said "nickle plated sissy pistol" I can't get that out of my head when i see one.:(
 
I prefer blued or nickel plated on revolvers, especially old classics. I have a nickel Colt detective special and a very nicely blued S&W model 19. I have some stainless revolvers, but they don't look as good to me. Although, like someone mentioned much earlier in this thread....the bead blasted "dull" stainless finish is great for a working gun. And the more I handle this one, the more I like the way it looks.



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I like both blued and stainless but there's something about bare metal that I like more. Does anyone here like nickel? Polished silver? Polished brass? Platinum? Palladium? GOLD? Why would we EVER cover up such beauty?:)
 
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How much to pay

We almost all skipped this.
When looking at this I consider the price of having it Hard Chrome plated. If the difference is close I will go with the blue and have it plated. That only happens on some of the old revolvers and then you have to deal with the fact that you are taking it out of factory if they are collectible.

As an exampe where it might really come into play: COlt police positive in 38 spl. No stainless specimiens and even nickel brings a significant premium. They are nice pistols with great triggers for the price, but are so abundant they have very little collector value, so I might buy one and get it chrome plated(probably not though)
 
I recognise the many advantages of stainless steel, and I own several such firearms.

That said, I find blue steel far preferable from the point of view of appearance and tradition. Being a collector of older pistols, I can't imagine, say, a Colt Woodsman in stainless steel. I have an early Detective Special, and the worn blue gives it a definite feel of having "been there", so to speak. It carries the evidence of the men who carried it. Workmanship, fit and finish was usually better on those old guns as well, making them even more appealing.

My first pistol was a Smith model 19, nickel plated. I bought it because it was the only suitable gun the man had at the time, but I always felt like a 1950s TV cowboy with it. Eventually I had to sell it, it just never sat well with me.

FWIW, I think Glocks and that breed to be ugly as a mud fence. I'd be offended by being shot by something so gross looking.
 
Beauty lies in the eye of the beholder...and blued steel, well polished, and a superior grade of walnut for the stocks is the epitome of handgun grace. That said, SS is comforting to have along in the kit when canoeing far from the chimney smoke, or riding the hip on a rainy morning in your deer stand, or wading the deep snow drifts right at timber line. It'll take care of itself and still provide protection til you can get back to the fireside with a bottle of Hoppe's and CLP to clean up your prize. Wet leather and blued steel don' t mix...a single day's deer hunting up in PA, freckled #2 son's M-29 from the leather holster.

HTH's JMHO, Rod

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Ruger's .44 Special in a home made rig.

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Virtually the same model in stainless steel...practical...but just not as pretty.
 
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