Prefer Blue or Parkerized? and Why!!

I prefer parkerized. If I touch a blued gun it must be immediately wiped down or it will either rust or have my fingerprints permanently imbedded in the finish. Parkerized finish will also hold a sheen of oil on the surface and further protect the metal.
 
Parkerized is marginally tougher than bluing in the mil-spec salt spray test (20 hours for bluing - 30-40 for parkerizing) so it isn't just cosmetics.

Besides, who could possibly find parkerizing more cosmetically appealing than a really good blue job?
 
"Besides, who could possibly find parkerizing more cosmetically appealing than a really good blue job?"

I was going to say something, but....
 
Parkerizing also "holds" rust preventatives better than bluing, thus improving parkerizing's corrosion resistance over bluing.
 
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