All matte is dull and uninteresting.
Which is why Mahovsky's offers polishing. If you don't like matte (and, BTW, I love that brushed revolver of WC145's), you can asked for the polished hard chrome, which I had done on my Beretta 70S.
If you hard chrome a revolver and leave it matte, it's likely that the cylinder stop will polish a ring onto your cylinder. That doesn't mean it wears through, it's far too hard for that. But it does mean that the stop may form a ring by rubbing it frequently. If polished, you can't see the ring.
Mahovsky's does fine work and for a reasonable price. I recommend them heartily. They also do a great job explaining the various finishes.
When I take my Beretta to the range, a lot of people want to know if it's stainless. When I tell them it's a hard chromed 70S, some of them want to know what I'd take for it. One or two people on this board have asked if the finish interferes with the functional reliability of the gun. No, it does not.
The finish is self lubricating, which means it's not dependent on your having rail grease smeared on the upper frame. I still use lubricant grease, but only as a formality. If it wears off or you don't put it on, the gun's interacting pieces work smoothly together. How can you not like that? BTW, the 70S (in both .22LR and .380ACP)
is used by the Israeli Massad (intelligence service).
I'm not sure about the .380ACP, but the .22LR model is all steel construction. I believe the same is true about the .380, but I don't know for certain. I just know my .22LR version is on my bugout bag list. Not having an ejection port, there's nothing for a case to hang up on.