Many moons ago I had a ruger 308 in ss, (this was before they started blasting them) and I swear that deer saw and was really worried by the shinny barrel. I painted the SS barrel for the rest of the year and had it blasted the next year. I mostly hunt with SS anymore and haven't had a deer look at one since. But anymore I think they all are blasted (except maybe savage) so I wouldn't worry about it.