I honestly don't know why they didn't finish the Wrangler like the SR22's slide. I didn't realize that was the gold standard. I can speculate. The SR22 has only the exposed slide to deal with. The Wrangler has three dissimilar metals. Steel, zinc and aluminum. Very few finishes can be applied to all three. A coating like Cerakote is the only economical option. Plus it's a lot more durable than anodizing. People are already whining about the two-tone finish. Imagine if the grip frame was coated, the receiver anodized, the barrel, cylinder and loading gate blued.
Because it's paint and a pitiful looking paint job at that! You act like I have never researched, handled and thoroughly inspected these guns before.
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