What is the name Ruger calls this finish?
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beentheredone
Single-Sixer
Not a "stainless look", but simply stainless steel with a medium-grit, "brushed" polish, basically Ruger's standard polish for stainless. I believe "Target Grey" was a finish applied by tumbling the parts in a coarse medium leaving a darker, less-polished surface.
I recall "Terhune ."
southernbuck101
Single-Sixer
Fugly.
I prefer the original stainless finish.
But the high polish on my old vaqueros is growing on me
I prefer the original stainless finish.
But the high polish on my old vaqueros is growing on me
GasGuzzler
Hunter
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GasGuzzler
Hunter
It's just called stainless to me.
Target grey is ... grey because the stainless is finished so coarsely.
I agree because blue is always prettier anyway.
Target grey is ... grey because the stainless is finished so coarsely.
beentheredone
Single-Sixer
Terhune Anti-corro Stainless was Ruger's name for their proprietary alloy.
I've had numerous guns with their Target Gray finish, which is a coating, but the little snippet of a photo looks more like brushed or matte stainless.
That looks like what I can get by abrasive blasting with a fine (240 grit or higher) aluminum oxide. But I think Ruger just calls it a matte stainless steel finish.
southernbuck101
Single-Sixer
Blue is nice.
But I've gravitated to stainless. Especially for most of the guns I shoot regularly.
Although I'm still searching for a all weather Red Label to join my working gum stable.
Stainless is just so much more forgiving when you wait a few days to clean them up.
And the small imperfections can be buffed out like they were never there.
If I had the time to flitz wax guns to the shine I see on this forum I'd own more blue guns than I already do.
I do plan on having a beautiful plum blued Flatop as soon as the right one crosses my path.
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