flatgate":ow464vc9 said:oldyeller":ow464vc9 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.
flatgate
I had seen article claiming that rifle barrels from stainless last in average about 30% longer standard alloy ones. Apparently, that's one of reasons why many of benchrest and varmint rifles are stainless, or custom built have stainless barrels.