SS ROA....matte or polished?

[Psycho]

The two guns below both started out as matte stainless steel but I bought some Mothers Mag polish and put some elbow grease into the one to give it a nice, shiny polished look.

I suspect I'll end up polishing the second one as well since it becomes that much more of an eye catcher.

I like stainless both ways but curious as to which way others prefer their stainless ROA's.

 

[4v50 Gary]

Shined up nicely, didn't it?

 

[J-Bar]

Dang, but it's nice to see firearms in some kinda finish besides camo, black or pink!

Nicely done.

 

[Jaymo]

Nice. Now, I want to polish my 1976 Liberty Edition, and my GP100.
My Single Six .32 H&R is shiny from the factory.

 

[wap41]

I have three factory high polish with faux ivory grips and I like them much better than reg S.S.or blue

 

[AbitNutz]

The high polish clean up much easier...

 

[CraigC]

The factory finish is more of a satin or brushed finish. Matte would be bead blasted. That said, I hate Ruger's brushed finish and greatly prefer either a bright polish or a soft bead blast.

 

[BHP FAN]

Looks like a really nice antique nickle finish...the way they did it in the old days... on say, Indian Police Remmies. Really nice job. Too bad mine's blued.

 

[BHP FAN]

Now you need some grips...

http://www.getgrip.com/main/overview/cowboy.html

 

[kendak]

satin..chrome is for the boys in the hood

 

[CraigC]

chrome is for the boys in the hood

Nonsense. Bright nickel has been used for sixguns for at least 140yrs. This weird aversion some people have towards shiny guns is a modern thing.

 

[kendak]

well everybody has their own opinion & I don't like shiny except on my HD ..have a nice day

 

[Patocazador]

The finish doesn't matter to me personally BUT where did you get the S&W type front sight???? I want one.

 

[wap41]

color is a personal preference,if ROA's only came purple with orange polka dots I'd still have to have one.It's the shooting that counts

 

[Psycho]

Shined up nicely, didn't it?

Yes it did.

Dang, but it's nice to see firearms in some kinda finish besides camo, black or pink!

Thanks

Nice. Now, I want to polish my 1976 Liberty Edition, and my GP100.

I've been looking to get a GP 100 and wonder how it would look polished up. That's a lot of metal that would be just gleaming

The factory finish is more of a satin or brushed finish. Matte would be bead blasted. That said, I hate Ruger's brushed finish and greatly prefer either a bright polish or a soft bead blast.

Yeah, satin is probably the word I was actually looking for.

Looks like a really nice antique nickle finish...the way they did it in the old days... on say, Indian Police Remmies. Really nice job. Too bad mine's blued.

Thanks. That could be a good excuse to get another one in stainless.

The finish doesn't matter to me personally BUT where did you get the S&W type front sight???? I want one.

Sorry I can't answer or take credit for that. The gentleman I bought it from in California had that installed by a gunsmith out there. That was a nice bonus on the purchase.