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I used to be a big fan of stainless steel guns, until I realized how easily they scratch. Now, I'd rather have carbon steel with one of the newer hard-chrome processes like Tanfoglio's "Wonder Finish". Same look as stainless, similar resistance to corrosion, but much tougher against scratches.
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And they (Remington and TC) have the tri-nite nitriding (heat treatment) over stainless which is almost impossible to damage and won't rust. Then there are other coatings as you mentioned that work well. Being a retired metallurgist I like the heat treatments better as the tri-nide etc will also drastically increase barrel life.