term "stainless"

[Morgan88]

Morning fellow compatriots, cohorts, conspirators
Has the definition of "stainless" been changed? I see a lot of stuff for sale on Armslist that appears to me to be a flat dull and gray. Not what I would call stainless.

Also seems to me most stuff for sale is "South of 40" I may be wrong of course and I am probably generalizing.

Just wondering
Morgan88

Thanks for the info. I have been enlightened. I was under the impression stainless meant 1 thing. The very mirror like shiny.

Morgan88

 

[Leo]

There are many grades of stainless. There is a little color difference between them.

There are also ways for mechanically finishing stainless. Too many stainless rifle barrels are way too shiny on a bright day. I have a gunsmith that dulls the finish. Sometimes with bead blasting, sometimes with a process that is basically an oscillation sander while the barrel is in a slowly turning lathe. I have also seen a chemically etched process of changing the appearance of stainless steel.

I have seen some guns that appear to be a coating of some sort, they only way you would know they were stainless is if the manufacturer told you.

 

[LEaSH]

Armslist usually has the most well informed and intelligent members of the firearm owning community.

 

[Tactically Fat]

My M&P has a stainless steel slide.

It's black. But, of course, that's just the "paint" that they've finished the slide in.

 

[Grelber]

There are many grades of stainless.

And some of them rust .

 

[Carey]

There are many different types of stainless. Also you can finish out stainless in many different finishes, which will change the look.

 

[russc2542]

Armslist usually has the most well informed and intelligent members of the firearm owning community.

ain't that the truth!

And some of them rust .

That's why it's stain-LESS not stain-proof.