why stainless not blue?

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Driftwood Johnson":32soi8ar said:
blued steel is how ever stronger so it is the only way i go for my 45lc

Where did you hear that? I doubt very much if blued steel is significantly stronger than the Stainless that Ruger uses.

alot of time the higher cromium/vandium in stainless makes it stronger. depends on if your talking harder or stronger as far as flex.

anyhow i like stainless because when i run out i like to stuff one down my pants (clip draw on small revolvers). when its hot like this and i am sweating the quick walk to the store can cause rust on a blued gun.
 
I have learned that all my next guns, if the opportunity exists, will be made from carbon steel.

I'll (again) have a zero-rust 'hard' finish applied (Robar's NP3; electroless nickel --by itself already very 'hard'-- impregnated with Teflon).


Stainless steel guns get hotter for me when I've shot many rds very rapidly through them....know what I mean?

No? Try it..... :shock:
 
Ginger, Mary, and Ann!

Stainless, blued carbon steel, iron (M94 and others), alloy pot metal (10/22), even titanium alloy! (M85 snubbie), all reside in my possession. They all get along just fine with each other!

Here in MI, where the hygrometer currently reads 74% RH, stainless gives an edge against incidental corrosion.
 
OK chew on this SS will start leading at 100 fps slower than carbon steel sorry boys but that has been proving altho it is not a problem if you will alternate jacketed with lead. usually i will fire about 50 rds lead then a cyl of jacketed. Mike. Who's maryann i've had a linda and several terry's.
 
raw6464":1vj3gn18 said:
Blued guns, rust and wear. SS doesn't...


Sure they do:

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http://hunting.about.com/od/guns/ss/s_w ... lver_4.htm
 
Howdy again

I just get a kick out of these guys who think if you look at a blued gun crosseyed it is going to rust. I have blued revolvers going back almost 100 years. I bought all of them used. I have no idea what kind of care they received before I bought them. Most had a little bit of holster wear rubbing the blue back to bare metal at the high spots like the muzzle and high points of the cylinder. Some had a little bit of rust, most did not.

After owning these blued and slightly worn guns for a number of years, none of them has developed any more rust than they had when I bought them. And believe me, I am not particularly fussy about the way I take care of my guns. Most go back in the safe without being wiped down with a silicone cloth. Some actually live in their holsters. Yes, I know we are not supposed to do that. My S&W Model 19 sat in its holster for close to 20 years during the time I was not shooting. Big no, no, I know, but it did, and it still does not have a spec of rust on it.

And it gets plenty hot and humid in the summer where I live, I don't live in a dry desert someplace. Perhaps if you live in a jungle somewhere where it rains everyday and the humidity is always up around 100%, stainless makes sense. But really folks, blued guns are far tougher than many shooters think.
 
I like blued myself but I take the same care of either my guns are cleaned up before I am. The only gun's I have that have rust on them I bought that way and cleaned them up as soon as I returned home with them. I had a benelli super black eagle that I bird hunted with for 3 years it was rained on and got mud on it some it was cold and hot and sweated on and after 3 years of use and about 40 cases of shotgun shells I sold it You could have set in a rack with brand new benellis and would have had a hard time picking it out from a brand new one. But I have a single bbl 20 ga I bought for $15.00 years ago and I take the same care of it I did the benelli that I paid $1200.00 for. I love a gun and enjoy using them and caring for them.
 
I like stainless because it can be refinished easier if work is done. On most blued Rugers there is the aluminum that I don't like so ss models or the few all steel models. In a Smith or Colt, blue all the way.
 
I have mostly Ruger single actions and I prefer stainless over blued, though I have several of each..
I have never liked the top heavy feel of the blued ruger single actions with the aluminum gripframe.

I like the look of brushed or high polished stainless better than the brushed finish blued guns, but not as well as the older blued guns with a well done high polish and blue.

Jack
 
Tommy way to go dude this is what I was after when I started this thread I don't do as well as you but i too like both weopons SS and blue holster wear is the numero uno ravidger of blued guns however i do like it when i find a shooter I want and buy it cheaper by $110. because of wear also you can tell if a gun has been mis used or abused in blue . I also will not buy a SS that looks like crap because it takes alot more abuse to make them look that way.and although they may clean up easier than blue I allways wonder what damage was done to the guts.Mike
 
Erich":1c66xqx4 said:
I prefer the looks of the blued revolvers, but I do find that stainless wears a lot better and is easier to bring back to looking right after wear. Plus, if you have the gun worked on (caliber changed, barrel shortened), it's easier to refinish.

I do like a bead-blasted look, though, on stainless - less glare and less albedo to attract unwanted attention. Easy to touch-up as well.

I agree 100%, this is from somebody who actually shoots a lot and like to have more time on the range than fixing them. Don't get me wrong, I LOVE beautifully blued guns, just take a look on this OM SBH; it's perfect.
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However, if you shoot it extensively, those handling marks from rubbing in holster and pads will sooner or later show up. So, if you want a nice looking revolver that will go just occasionally on the range, I would say blued one is the way to go. If you want a shooter I would stick with brushed stainless. I had seen few refinished by a good smiths by bead blasting and they are just gorgeous.
 
oldyeller":qwt7iq9f said:
blued steel is how ever stronger so it is the only way i go for my 45lc

I'll counter your statement with the fact that Freedom Arms, on their "warmed over .45 Colt revolvers", exclusively use a stainless steel alloy that supplies the strength to contain pressures as high as 60,000 C.U.P.

Now, for me, I like stainless and I like blued. :D

flatgate
 
I'm kind of odd I geuss. For some reason I prefer most revolvers stainless , semiauto I prefer blued. This is for most cases there is always an exception.
 
Kyhunt":345ole6k said:
I'm kind of odd I geuss. For some reason I prefer most revolvers stainless , semiauto I prefer blued. This is for most cases there is always an exception.

I'm just the opposite...I like my revolvers blued and my pistols stainless. That said, I carry a stainless SP101 more than anything else, and when I'm not carrying that I've got my blued P95R. Maybe I'm just confused :p
 
I am practical about this "blued/stainless" debate

I see things in black and white... black for hunting/concealment and white for out in the open use... but I often break the rules of logic.

A little oil goes a long way for both finishes :wink:
 
Have not seen really good blue job on a revolver in awhile, seems if they wear quickly. Stainless seems to take more abuse. That being said, I'll never own a long or shot gun in stainless, talk about ugly. :)
 

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