For rough conditions I likeSS but I really like a trad rifles in brown or blue. Don't think I'm a good enough shooter to be able to tell if blue or SS is better than the other.
My only SS rifles are BP inlines and I have a 44 Redhawk too. Everything else I own in including my WWI 1911, colt diamondback 22, my well used LH model 700, .270, from 1974 are all blued. That rifle has been from FL to NY in harse conditions and still real nice.
SHills