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Stainless vs blue or??

seb1999seb1999 Member Posts: 343 ✭✭✭
edited March 2002 in Ask the Experts
I live in an oceanfront community and the two firearms I own are stainless (1 Ruger, 1 Taurus) I don't plan to dip them in the ocean though. I bought them beacuse I liked the looks. I am looking at an addition, a 9mm and wonder if ss is the way to go. I see blued models with "holster wear", "sharp edges worn" etc. but I do like the blued finish, just wonder about durability and future resale. Is a pistol that has been re blueed as desirable as ss or is it more desirable? Is beauty truly in the eye of the beholder or is one a better investment than the other?
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  • badboybobbadboybob Member Posts: 1,658 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Go ahead and get the gun you like, blue or stainless. I carried a S&W model 26 (blued) in two tours in Viet Nam, using WD-40 on it.I bought this gun in 1959 and it is still 95%.
    PC=BS
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  • JustCJustC Member Posts: 16,056 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    stainless, stainless, stainless. everything else,........well they aren't.look at the SIG's. they are blackened stainless, if you want a non-glare gun that won't rust.
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  • BlokeyBlokey Member Posts: 284 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    For a collectable piece, reblueing usually hurts the value but for any other purpose, don't be concerned about a reblue.Buy what you like and have fun with it.
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  • 1blitzer1blitzer Member Posts: 72 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    get an H&K the HE finish is excellent and tough. I don't leave near the ocean, but my is subject to humidity and salt during the winter.
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  • erictheredericthered Member Posts: 244 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have carried a pistol for about 4 years now, and I gotta vote stainless. When you carry a pistol close to your body for most of the time, you really don't want to worry over humidity, sweat, salt and the like. The stainless settles the matter forever. I also have a black python .357 that I got about 30 years ago. The beautiful high gloss black was worn in spite of using it very little. It was kept in a leather holster. Leather makes a lousy holster on a blued gun because it wears the finish too fast. I researched this also, and the concensus was to go stainless. I guess it boils down to how you will be using it. If you get blued, then go with non-leather holsters.Hope that helps.
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  • rsnyder55rsnyder55 Member Posts: 2,526 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    If you are carrying concealed, sometimes a stainless will flash and show when a blued weapon wont.
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  • jetjet Member Posts: 543 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    titainium,stainless, or plastic is the way to go in the rusty states.
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  • Jake_s13FJake_s13F Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Have you considered an applied finish like parkerization or a sprayed polymer? I hear good things bout the polymer finish.Jake
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  • Jake_s13FJake_s13F Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Have you considered an applied finish like parkerization or a sprayed polymer? I hear good things bout the polymer finish.Jake
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  • Jake_s13FJake_s13F Member Posts: 3 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Have you considered an applied finish like parkerization or a sprayed polymer? I hear good things bout the polymer finish.Jake
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