blue or stainless

[Jertom]

new guy here with question.
thinking of a new GP100, has anybody seen the blue? is it a good old fashion blue, or does it look like black paint? or should I just stay with stainless?
haven't been able to find any blue around the local shops.

 

[sourdough44]

One thing good about stainless is holster wear is not really an issue. If you really want blued you could order one, through a local dealer or off gunbroker. I think I'd just go stainless.

 

[G2]

Personal Preference, Some like Blue guns and some like Stainless for a multitude of reasons, Buy what YOU want.

"Opinions are like bumholes and armpits, everybody has 1 or 2 and they all stink." :shock:

Welcome to the Forum, good bunch of guys here IMO. :roll:

 

[the fatman]

Welcome to the fourm G2 has it pegged. I like blue but am probably better off with stainless. JMO

 

[Jertom]

thanks guys.
good point with holster.
I prefer blue, just wondered the quality of it. probably like everything else now-a-days.
found a dealer that ordered one for me, said if i didn't like it, didn't have to buy it.
seems fair enough.
also, I thought Ruger had a lifetime guarantee on their firearms; was told no, is that true?
if i get something posted in the wrong place, let me know, am the new kid after-all.

 

[flatgate]

In general, Ruger does indeed "take care of their customers!"

flatgate

 

[BearHawk 357]

I like my "beat the living tar out of it" guns to be stainless. The GP-100 most certainly falls under this category. YMMV.

 

[rugerfan100]

In general, Ruger does indeed "take care of their customers!"

flatgate

I agree with that statement...Ruger is a fine company. Welcome..any Ruger is a great Ruger!

 

[Rodfac]

Camping, hunting in wet weather....stainless will let you go a little longer before you do the required mx. Blue looks better but needs attention. Son #2 hunted last year with a S&W in a home built holster in very wet weather. Both gun and holster were soaked for the entire day....the result was a pickling of rust over the entire gun...something in the leather we think...and yes...we always leave a light coating of oil on the surface of our pieces. JMHO, Rodfac

 

[WESHOOT2]

One is material, the other a finish on a completely different material.
I have learned to prefer carbon steel, but I still want rust resistance. All my Rugers are stainless.
So.....

I have one gun hardchromed (very tough, but still allows corrosion), one with NP3 (NO rust, very tough, perhaps the finest finish available if one doesn't care about 'color'), and one with its frame only finished in electroless nickel / boron carbide: I'm testing.

So IF I buy ANOTHER GP I'll make sure it's 'blue' (and then I'll change its color, when I'm finished).

 

[maxpress]

if you want to have it customized by a smith down the road then SS is cheaper to have worked on because of the reblue cost. i would just go SS myself.

 

[CraigC]

Actually, in the realm of custom guns, stainless always costs more. Even with rebluing.

Ruger's bluing is as good as it ever was. I've been shooting and accumulating guns for a long time and have never seen a blued gun that looked "spray painted". For some reason, idiots abound that think Ruger's new matte blued finishes on some rifles is "paint". Consider the source.

 

[EarlFH]

The last two GP100's that came in to my dealer, were a beautiful, dark, rich, shiny blue. I asume that all of then are like that, but I can't verify it.
If you're just going to carry it in a gun rug, back, and forth to the range, that's what I would buy. If it's going to be carried in the field, then S/S is the way to go.

EarlFH

 

[CraigC]

I have to kinda chuckle when folks insist that blued guns are for looking and stainless is for using. Here's an example of a blued gun that gets used heavily, carried often and holstered almost daily. It is a 47yr old Single Six that wears about 90% of its original finish. It's seen at least 20-25,000rds in the last couple years and lots of holster miles. It hardly sports any more wear than it did the day I got it and certainly has no rust. In spite of its packing on a handful of fishing forays that resulted in a full dunking. The trigger and hammer are worn shiny from handling. There is a little holster wear at the muzzle, a small worn spot on the left side of the recoil shield and a little wear on the front of the frame. Couple spots on the ejector rod and housing. All what most would consider normal wear and "character". This is my most used and least babied sixgun. It has since been fitted with an original XR3 and CLC claro walnuts but is otherwise the same.