Paul L Mohr

Don't own any, but I've seen them. And I have seen them chipped and scratched, just like any other coated or plated surface.

I still say stainless is your best bet. I have yet to see a stainless gun rust unless it was severely neglected. Unless you are going to coat the whole gun, internals and all it isn't weather proof, just the parts you had coated, providing it was done well and you don't accidentally chip any off at some point.

I will say that the coated guns resist scratching better than stainless does though, but stainless is pretty easy to touch up.

Paul