All SS pistol?

Sure they do...SIG makes an all-stainless P226 for example, and their later-model P226 has an aluminum frame and nitron-coated stainless slide so there's less worry about rust. The S&W M&P pistols have a polymer frame and stainless slides so they're pretty corrosion-resistant, too. To be honest, though, I've lived my whole life within about 3km or less of the Atlantic Ocean (and have owned firearms for more than than 25 years), and I've never had had of my firearms rust--stainless or otherwise.
 
Actually, electroless nickle might be a better choice than stainless in humid/salty environments. The Sig navy pistol has corrosion resistant coatings on internal parts, and as noted nitron/alloy frame and slide, so it should work fine. The Seecamp is all stainless but given where the Seecamp was designed to be carried (deeeep concealment), that's not surprising.
 
Wtf?

Richmond Hill is not near the ocean! Besides, most down-easters don't store their carbon steel blue handguns outside!
Round two: Ever get your carbon steel gun wet from shooting in the rain? What do you do after you have finished? Wipe it down of course....Laugh2
Round three: What kind of finishes do Navy Seals, Marine Units and other water bourne units use for protection? Not bright shiny stainless steel M16A2's!
Round four: All the armies of the first world war fighting in the damp and wet trenches didn't have stainless steel rifles. What did they do?
 
Round three: What kind of finishes do Navy Seals, Marine Units and other water bourne units use for protection? Not bright shiny stainless steel


made from stainless does not have to be shiny. there is ceracoat finishes, nitron finishes, duracoat, invelvet, exc exc. the two have NOTHING to do with each other
 
If your guns rust under any condition you should see a doctor, somethings wrong with you....... then you should sell me you rusty guns at a deeply discounted price.
 
sask farmboy said:
Round three: What kind of finishes do Navy Seals, Marine Units and other water bourne units use for protection? Not bright shiny stainless steel
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There is the SIG P226 Navy which I believe is used by the navy seals (???). It's slide is stainless steel nitron coated and has an anodized aluminium frame (Like all Nitron P226). The difference is that all the internals are phosphate coated which prevent rust.

Oh and you get a nice engraved anchor on the slide ;)
 
Stainless doesn't make for good springs. So even with a gun that has stainless parts the springs will still be carbon steel. Coatings on the springs might help but it won't prevent rust.

Besides, even stainless isn't. Stainless steels can still rust under the right conditions.
 
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