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!

 

[jframe]

Well, nobody else has said it yet, but I love nickel. Blue is a close second. The high gloss nickel on my new Model 40-1 is just so damned pimpy that I can't help but love it. All this tactical mumbo jumbo about glinting finishes at nite is mostly b.s. as far as I'm concerned. When I need this little five shot protector, it's not gonna matter much if the bad guy catches a glimpse of it. I do love blue; gotta Model 13 three inch in that finish, and it is really sharp, but would trade it in a New York minute for it's equivalent in a nickel finish.

 

[feralmerril]

I have 3 nickle colts. On two of them I have trouble picking up the front sights in bright sunlight. The pyton has a black front sight and is good.

 

[31 Pump]

It has been said the only thing more valuable than gold is the blue on a colt revolver. I agree.

Glenn

 

[perpster]

My favorite revolver finish is . . . empty!

Blue for the deep beauty and tradition.
Stainless for utilitarian good looks and "new" tradition.
Nickel is ok but doesn't tickle my fancy.

 

[S/W - Lifer]

It's not listed. Armaloy or Metalife - basically hard-chrome impregnation that looks very much like stainless steel.

 

[Smitty500Mag]

Originally posted by keith44spl:

Originally posted by feralmerril:
You left out case harding, so it has to be blue.

Feral,

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

Su Amigo,
Dave

And Boys that
ain't no guff

What? No mud flaps or curb feelers? I'd say it's rather plain then.

Smitty

 

[Duke426]

I voted for blue.

For me, there is just something timeless about a finely blued firearm.

 

[KeithCarter]

I got tired of reblueing my guns. I went to stainless. My cop carry gun (Colt Custom Carry Commander .45) in stainless looks a little used, But if it was blue it would be a real beater (until I reblued it again.)

Nickel for crotch-grabbing beauty, and sights hard to see.

Keithcarter
NRA Life

 

[Onomea]

I ain't into finish monogamy: No favorites here. I like 'em all

, depending on my mood:

Nickel:

Blue:

Stainless:

And engraved:

Even (philistine that I am) reblued

:

 

[Onomea]

Yessir! Sho is!