Many moons ago I sent off a gun to Magna-port to have it done up in their hard chrome finish... I later learned that it was actually Metalife.

That was 35 years ago, and it is still going strong. It was my field gun until I ended up with a 629-4 DX Classic 5 or 6 years ago.

It looks like a brushed satin stainless gun, if the frame had been bead blasted with a fine media, instead of the wire wheel buffing to give it the matte finish, it would look like the current style matte stainless guns.

There is zero consideration you need to pay to the gun regarding collector value, it has none. There are more than enough M29-2's in the condition collectors want to ensure that your gun is out of the running.

My vote is to do the Metalife and you'll end up with a utility gun that you won't have to think twice about in looks or maintenance over the long haul.

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Conrad
SWCA #1830 SWHF #222