ORIGINAL: Archblackmage
I have a Dan Wesson Monson, 15-2 357mag pistol pack and a Winchester model 70 syn. featherweight both have blued barrels and both drive me nuts.
I prefer stainless in a target grey, the black of my nova, or bead blasted.
The figer prints and marks left on these guns are not of my liking. I will be perchaseing some white gloves to clean the 4 barrels of my pistol pack until it is refinished. I say a dan wesson website were the guy refinished a handun at home, any tips or anything a gunsmith can due to strip the blueing and provide a more durable finish for PA hunting conditions, and ccw.
have them parkerized and be done with it, from my experience with parkerized finishes they are even more weather resistant then stainless, its not exactly the prettiest finish but if you dont mind a dark matte grey look and are worried about rust and corrosion its deffinately the way to go. Note that most military arms have a parkerized finish.