Nickel, blued or stainless?

[JNewell]

Hmm, no surprise...wheelgun fans are conservative folks, by definition???

 

[Tamara]

For the record, I have 12 stainless Smiths, 12 blued Smiths and two nickel Smiths.

Among Brand X revolvers, I have two stainless and four blued.

I prefer the blued ones. Call it "for spiritual reasons."

 

[Standing Wolf]

I carry a stainless gun, but if I'd been able to find it in blued steel, I'd have bought that instead.

 

[James Bondrock]

For a gun that is going to be "put to work", i.e., carried and shot a lot, I prefer stainless. For a collector gun (although I do shoot my collectors at least occasionally), there is nothing like Smith & Wessons old "Bright Blue" (no longer produced; I have read that they actually lost the formula) or Colt's "Royal Blue". I won't throw a nickel-plated gun out of bed for eating crackers, though.

 

[Shooter973]

Stainles or Blued?

I like a good Blued handgun as well as the next guy but I buy mostly stainless steel. The stainless will still look new in 30 years and after being shot a lot, the Blued will show a lot of signs of wear from holsters and handling. When my children inherit my guns they will still be near new with out the hard wear look to them!

 

[Rascal]

I just love Blued guns, wheel guns or autos, doesn't make any differance.
I do have a Stainless 629, but that's only because I couldn't get it in blue.
BLUE

 

[Poohgyrr]

BLUE is the finish of choice. That said, stainless & nickle are both easier to take care of.

 

[Dionysusigma]

I love autoloaders... *ow* *stop throwing rocks!!!*



But honestly, I'd want the reliability of an SA/ DA revolver with the toughness of stainless steel. Esp. for something that'd get some hard use, like a tractor/ boat/ car gun.

 

[RON in PA]

Stainless for carry pieces, but blued for collection, range and house. Nothing beats the look of a blued revolver.

 

[Hutch]

Not nickel. I'm down to one nickel-plated revolver, and if it weren't a 3" RB M13, it'd be history.

 

[10-Ring]

I voted stainless

 

[MrPhil]

Stainless!

I've seen too many pitted blued guns. Just like cars, they don't build 'em like they used to . . . thank Heaven!
I'm old enough to have worked with the "old" when it was new. Frankly, I don't miss it!

 

[M58]

Blue for the eyes.
Stainless for work.

 

[Fire1]

I got vote number 44 for stainless. 44 just happens to be one of my favorite numbers!