blued vs. Stainless
 

what advantage does stainless have over blued barrels? is there any other then look and rust factor?

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the rust factor and which one you think looks better. the blued is also a lot cheaper.

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ya, haha, i kinda figured that..

but are there any real advantages other than that. otherwise why would anyone go for a munch more expensive gun even though it performs the same.

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like me responce?

there is no performance difference that i know of.

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Weather resistence is a big thing. Where I hunt in a swamp in brackish water, a blued gun rust so easy over there. My poor 1187 has to be sprayed down from top to bottom as soon as pulling the boat out of the water with rem oil. When I muzzleload hunt, I don't have much problems with my stainless inline as people I know with the blued identical gun.

Or if you ever go in a tent hunt and get caught in days and day of rain.

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I never bother with stainless unless it is the same price, which it isn't. At least in rifles, rust is not really much of an issue IMO. If you get a little spot, I usually just oil it and go on. I try to take proper care of my rifles but if I am out in the rain all day so be it. I am not afraid, lol!

I don't live by salt water. If I did, I would go with stainless. Or if I cared if my guns always looked really good or whatever.

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stainless is pimp-o-riffic![8D]

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Contrary to popular belief stainless barrels will still rust. They do offer better protection from the elements than does a blued gun but you still have to clean it if it gets wet and such.

Also remember that just because the BBL, receiver, and bolt may be stainless the inner workings are NOT so if the gun gets wet enough to cause the outside of a blued gun to rust you will still need to take apart a stainless gun and clean the insides cause you can be sure that they will rust.

Aside from that, a stainless barrels bore does not wear as quickly as a chrome molly barrel. So for the guy that shoots hundreds upon hundreds of rounds a year a stainless bbl will last longer.

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The local gunsmith convinced me to go with stainless which offers better protection against rust. After hurricane Ivan there were many homes near that had been flooded by saltwater. There was a bunch of damaged rifles that had been saturated for several days in his shop, the stainless were salvageable but the blued rifles were done overtaked with rust. I like the stainless/synthetic because they are tuff.

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I recently spoke to a local gunsmith and he suggested teflon coating in addition to the stainless barrel. Anyone heard of this or done it? Sounds like a good idea, though I have no cost reference yet.

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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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

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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?

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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.

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

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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

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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

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A good finish to go along with a stainless or chromemoly gun is Robar Np3 . Or you can simply wait until Remington puts out their XCR's for sale that is probably a great finish as well.

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My gun smith has made the comment he really likes machining Stainless. He says it cuts smoother and more easily for some reason unknown to me.

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Ooh, pricey. I agree. I think those FN SPR's have that.

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Wow I am an apprentice machinists right now, and after a year of turning metals on the lathe and using a Chavelier mill I have never heard the words "Stainless is easier to mill/work with" granted I have never turned a barrel to date, but I cant believe that Stainless barrels are easier to work then regular steel.

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