Your favorite revolver finish?

[canoesota]

Your favorite revolver finish is? Tell us what your preference is and why! You can also vote below!

 

[canoesota]

Your favorite revolver finish is? Tell us what your preference is and why! You can also vote below!

 

[cmort666]

Originally posted by canoesota:
Your favorite revolver finish is? Tell us what your preference is and why! You can also vote below!

Most of my guns of any type are blued. One is nickel, one is parkerized, one is stainless. I don't like stainless, but I bought a 3" Model 65 because I haven't seen a Model 13 for sale locally in a good ten years.

 

[feralmerril]

You left out case harding, so it has to be blue.

 

[bronco45]

blued

As my Jewish friends would say:TRADITION

 

[gpe55bud]

I voted for blued. Just love the looks of a blued revolver. My modest collection is about half blued and half SS. The stainless are easier to care for and most of my carry weapons are SS.

 

[Igiveup]

I also voted for blue, as I am somewhat a traditionalist, but I do carry stainless mostly.

 

[mjr]

It may be an illusion, but blued K-frames usually seem to have much better yoke-to-frame fit. I don't know why but it makes me suspect stainless parts may be a little easier to deform. So I voted blue.

 

[29Wheelgunner]

Blue will always have my vote.
The good old rich deep blue of days gone past.

 

[45cal]

I have all the ones listed but my favorite is blue.Well worn blue.

 

[dpsix]

While my favorite is color case & blue, my son's high polish stainless steel Colt 1911, gets honorable mention.

 

[Mickey D]

Originally posted by keith44spl:
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Oh Yeah, Case Colors, Blue, a little Gold Trim and some Carved Ivory...

Nice Ivory!!! Lot better than steer heads.

 

[Smitty500Mag]

Stainless for me. You scratch it and all you have to do is buff it back to just like new condition or better.

Smitty

 

[billhud]

Blued steel and natural grips

 

[mjr]

Originally posted by Mickey D:

Originally posted by keith44spl:
Oh Yeah, Case Colors, Blue, a little Gold Trim and some Carved Ivory...

Nice Ivory!!! Lot better than steer heads.

Yep. Lot rather fondle one of them than some steer.

 

[walkinghorse]

Oh Yeah, Case Colors, Blue, a little Gold Trim and some Carved Ivory...

Very racy for an old war horse!

 

[Snapping Twig]

To my mind, nothing holds a candle to a fine blue finish. I have a couple Colt Sauer bolt actions with the high luster royal blue finish and it is intoxicating. It's really blue, dark as hell, but blue.

For a hunting/carry piece I prefer stainless, preferably a glass bead blasted version to dull it. This actually hardens the surface as the glass beads peen it, very durable.

I have a few hard chromed weapons. This is very much like glass blasted stainless and harder 'N hell. Talk about durable!

Heard nice things about melonite. Apparently it's the black counterpart to hard chrome. Way durable and a potential selection for me in the future.

 

[moolan1]

Very racey INDEED! Now that's a great lookin piece! I've owned a lot of blue steel in the past,now I've gone to stainless.My favorite revolver has to be my S&W 629-1.She's got the oversize wood grips(stock I'm sure)and a 6in barrel.My close second choice is my S&W 686-6 with the 4in barrel,what a shooter!Just got a Kimber compact stainless 45,she's pretty sweet too but I'm a revolver man mostly. Jim

 

[f150guy]

Originally posted by Mickey D:

Originally posted by keith44spl:
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Oh Yeah, Case Colors, Blue, a little Gold Trim and some Carved Ivory...

Nice Ivory!!! Lot better than steer heads.

does she complain when you get a good grip???


I voted blue, because, well, there's something sexy about a freshly shone bluing.

 

[feralmerril]

Probley not, but besides wipeing the gun down, you probley got to wipe your hand after holstering that colt!