You're probably better off with a stainless steel gun in the Texas heat and humidity. That said, if you take care of your guns and keep them clean and oiled, regular steel will do fine.Jin wrote:i haven't had a stainless firearm before...but i was thinking the sweat and the texas humidity could get to it?
I was just sitting here cataloging to what extent my carry pistols are made of stainless steel or some other metal besides regular steel, and it is actually surprising what totals up, because stainless steel only played a part in one of those purchasing decisions.
- Kimber Stainless Ultra Carry II - Alloy Frame with Stainless Slide - purchased because I wanted a stainless steel gun
- S&W M&P 45 - Polymer Frame with Stainless Slide, the slide is coated in Black Melonite® (68HRc) - didn't know it had a stainless slide until after I bought it.
- S&W 640 .357 revolver - stainless frame, cylinder, and barrel.
- S&W M&P340 .357 revolver - scandium frame and barrel shroud, stainless steel barrel insert, and stainless steel cylinder with an unidentified black finish on it.
- Springfield Loaded Parkerized 1911A1 - this is the only gun in my carry rotation that does not have any stainless steel parts.
So all in all, stainless steel is not at all uncommon in the gun world, and it even shows up in places where you didn't expect it.
I've never noticed any disadvantage to stainless in bright sunlight, or advantage to non-stainless for that matter, and I shoot almost exclusively outdoors with no shade.Bowed_Up_Onaspeck wrote:Does stainless have any negitives when out in the sunlight ??