Oh, BTW, Muscles, you should apply a rust preventive to your stainless gun just as you would to a blued one. Stainless means just that, it stains (corrodes) LESS, it is not stain proof. Sentry Products makes Tuf-Cloth and Tuf-Cloth Marine, which work absolutely wonderfully. They dry to a non tacky finish within a few seconds, but form a very productive coating. You can get them from the store at our sister forum,
www.Bladeforums.com. or at Discount Knives:
http://www.discountknives.com/index.html
They are cheaper at Discount, running $6.21 for the reg, and $6.85 for the Marine version. Each should treat your gun about 40-50 times or so, and then can be revived with mineral spirits, so essentially is a lifetime investment.
I owe the pristine blue finish on my 1957 Gold Cup to a Tuf-Cloth. I was shooting in AZ, about 500 miles from home, and didn't bring any cleaning equipment as I thought others would have it. Unfortunately they were all shooting Grocks or some damn things, which apparently don't require cleaning. Luckily one person had a Tuf-Cloth, and let me use it.
When stainless rusts, it is worse than carbon steel, as the corrosion exhibits itself as pitting, damaging the steel much more deeply than with the familiar brown rust on carbon steel.
Hope this helps, Walt
[This message has been edited by Walt Welch (edited March 03, 2000).]