From the SCS&W, the Highway Patrolman / M28 are described as having a "satin blue" finish. The .357 / M27 has a finish simply described as "blue". From this, I infer that the standard blue was pretty darn nice back in the day and that quite obviously satin blue was not as bright. Perhaps folks coined the term "bright blue" to emphasize the difference.
Critical in the quality and beauty of the finish is the level of polishing and how skillfully it is done. Certainly, the M27 and its forerunners were lavishly polished. This is one of the corners that was cut to reduce the price of the HP / M28. This more meager level of polishing doubtless caused the end result to be a lesser quality finish, no matter how it was blued.
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