RE: blued vs. Stainless
 

Speed, I was going to go with tephlon, but a guy showed me one that the tephlon chiped off. so I went with parkerizing.

RE: blued vs. Stainless
 

The way this guy described it to me was as if it were like a powdercoat of sorts that gets baked on, not really just an application like a coat of paint. Teflon tends to fill nooks and crannies rather than just form a superficial layer. I suppose it depends on the application technique.
BC, can you expand on the "parkerizing"? Where did you get it done?
I found this link which seemed to have decent info: http://www.calvan.com/html/what_is_parkerizing.html
Thanks.

RE: blued vs. Stainless
 

i have a rem. 700 bdl stainless that has been teflon coated.i don't see how it could chip but it will show signs of wear.

RE: blued vs. Stainless
 

Parkerizing is a real dull grey or black. Its what all the M1 garands used to have. Its twice as durable as blueing (supposely). You see them on alot of tactical rifles. There are only a few people around my place that do it. For a professional job, find a gunsmith that will do it. Most places that specialize in tephlon does the same for parkerizing.

It will or can chip like tephlon in a skillet.

RE: blued vs. Stainless
 

I got mine done at fulton armory in savage, MD. They specialize in M1's, M14's, and AR's.

RE: blued vs. Stainless
 

BC, from what I read you can't parkerize stainless. Would you say then, in your estimation or if you have first hand experience, that teflon coated stainless would be better than a parkerized blue?

RE: blued vs. Stainless
 

On some hot mag rounds the stainless is advertised to give you some more barrell life. Personaly in the woods I dont want something that shiny. I have a ruger GP 100 in stainless, sure looks cool but its takes forever to clean up after a couple boxes of shells.

RE: blued vs. Stainless
 

Stainless hunting rifles have a bead blasted finish that actually shines less in the sun than many blued barrels.

RE: blued vs. Stainless
 

I have both blued and S/S.Last week I used a Blued rifle since the weather was clear.On rainy days a All Weather goes into action.As bigbulls said S/S will rust.It usually can be cleaned up if caught in time.I had a friend who had a Ruger Security Six as his boat gun.Granted it was never cared for. His had rust and was pitted.If it had been a blued gun probably all it would have been good for would be a boat anchor.Even with as good a care I take of my guns. That blued Remington I used last week has some spots that had rusted.I have them under control but I can still see a darken area where the rust was.No a big deal to me since it's strickly a hunting rifle and is bound to get marked from use.
I do prefer the Stainless Guns.

Ruger Redhawk

RE: blued vs. Stainless
 

I agree a bead blasted S/S shines less then allot of the high gloss blued guns.I've never spooked a deer using a S/S rifle.S/S is allot more forgiving then a blued rifle..Not saying it should be neglected,however cleaning quickly in not as critical as with a blued rifle..I think S/S is the way to go.

Ruger Redhawk