Would you CCW a blued gun or is it just like giving it away to rust?

Would you CCW a blued gun?

  • Yes

    Votes: 107 84.3%

  • No

    Votes: 20 15.7%
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I know that bluing isn't the best corrosion resistant finish out there so Im wondering if its ok to CCW a blued firearm. For those that do it, how often do you give it an oil wipedown?
 
Yeppers. I have several that I carry at one time or another. Mainly blued. The one I carry most of the time is a 44 special, 3", blued. I just make sure I keep it wiped down with an oily cloth and clean and I'm ok.

I also carry a M36, 2" and do the same. Also carry parkerised and stainless but that doesn't enter into this post.
 
Would I? Yes.
I generally don't though. (although according to ruger, the slide on my LCP is blued, so I guess I do, come to think of it.)
 
You do realize that generations of people carried blued guns, both openly and concealed, quite successfully do you not? All you need to do is carry it in a good holster, and wipe it down thoroughly when you take it out of the holster and store it. A stainless gun, or one with a modern, corrosion resistant finish is much lower maintenance, true, but blued guns are just as amenable to carry as they ever were, and don't need that much extra looking after.
 
Most of my guns are "working" guns. They Will get scratched, they Will have holster wear, I Will have to clean and oil them as sweat and steel mix all to well. It gives them character... yeah, thats the ticket... "Character."
 
Have for years.. used SS as well. when they come off I wipe them down. Carried blued in very humid wet conditions...took care of them and no rust.
 
I don't care what the finish is as long as it isn't shiny. All my guns are blued or black. None have rust on them or rust marks if I got them non-rusty to begin with. The ones that had rust were cleaned and blued.
 
my time is stretched too thin to be spening time doing certain things.

i have 5 handguns that are NOT Stainless Steel. a RIA pach finish, a model 13 and a model 36 that are blued, a glock 17 and a glock 26 that are tenifered.....

the S&W wheelts are "house guns" and not exposed to the elements or sweat so they require little care, the glocks, well theyre glocks, and the RIA pach finish is pretty darn good so far.


for EDC i need a gun that wont tie me up when i take if off after 16 hours of carrying it.
 
Herohog Says:
Most of my guns are "working" guns. They Will get scratched, they Will have holster wear, I Will have to clean and oil them as sweat and steel mix all to well. It gives them character... yeah, thats the ticket... "Character."
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I like guns with character. I would think that carry guns and show peices are mutually exclusive catagories. No question a stainless gun will stay newer looking in a carry situation. But, nothing wrong with a blued gun with "character".
 
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Personally, I don't own any hand guns that are blued, only all black and one two tone EMP 9mm.

BUT, IF it was the gun that I shot best and bought it, size wise for ccw, and it had a blued finish, you bet, it would go with me every day, along with, that lovin-care at the end of the day. Along with frequent inspections which makes for the end-result in "the_confidence_factor" with such a gun/s

Stay on top of them, :)scrutiny: inspections/rust protection/lubrication) and you should always come away with this.. :)

Luck,



Ls
 
I've tried it before, and when I came home from work, the entire left side of the gun was orange. Ruined a beautiful blued finish.

It's my personal body chemistry, I'm sure of it. No more blued finishes for my carry guns. For me, parkerizing needs a little attention, but not a ton. I have zero problems with bake-on finishes, so that's what I prefer.

Wes
 
cz, polycoat, or parkerized would probably be best. Bluing wouldn't rust if the gun was treated nice, nothing rusts that fast.
 
In the past, when stainless was really expensive, and coatings were nonexistent, I only had blued guns. I oiled them all the time. Occasionally, they would get a spot of rust when I missed a spot, or didn't get to them as fast as I should. Now that there are better finishes, in so many different guns, and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg more for them, there isn't really a reason to carry an old fashioned blued gun.
 
In the past, when stainless was really expensive, and coatings were nonexistent, I only had blued guns. I oiled them all the time. Occasionally, they would get a spot of rust when I missed a spot, or didn't get to them as fast as I should. Now that there are better finishes, in so many different guns, and it doesn't cost an arm and a leg more for them, there isn't really a reason to carry an old fashioned blued gun.
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Sure there is: you like that gun. I carry a .40S&W FN Hi-Power. It's blued, I've carried it long enough that its gorgeous, highly-polished blue finish is now showing considerable holster wear, and I've never had a problem with rust.

It requires very little extra attention to look after a blued gun. If that's what you have, and it's a good, practical, handgun, there's no reason you can't carry it and be perfectly satisfied.
 
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