I have a blued 6 incher. Right now it's the only 357 Mag I have. I bought it new, but it's lost a lot of its blueing, having been in and out of a El Paso Saddlery Tom Threepersons holster a few thousand times, and having been carried probably several hunderd miles on weekend trips in the desert. The revolver is dead accurate: I used to carry it sighted in for 100 yds with 125 gr HP bullets, and it was dangerous opn man-sized targets at that range. It's been FAR too long since I've carried or fired it.