Harder to clean if you can't see the dirt though...
Have one coming in nickel, hope the finish is done properly and doesn't peel.
True just like a white shirt or white grout, but it doesn't need to be hospital clean, most of my stainless revolvers have a dark ring around exit hole of the cylinder as I don't bother polishing them out. A polished stainless gun will be easier to deal with then other finishes as the pores of the metal will be less prone to holding dirt. The larger the pores in the metal finish the more it will hold dirt.
With a blued or dark finish you can assume there is soot and carbon after firing, specially if it's all the way down to your trigger finger!
Just give it a good cleaning that removes the easy to remove fouling to the point where it's not transferring to a rag or your hand when handling the gun.
If you want to keep it minty fresh clean it might be possible to pre treat the surfaces before shooting and fill the pores so to speak with a release agent to help with that?
Maybe a dry lube or some cooking spray....
Some black powder shooters swear the crisco that they use to seal the balls also lubes the barrel and helps when it comes time to clean out the fouling.
Other then that, Where a glove, and wipe it down as quickly as possible maybe even while your still at the range. There are some tricks and tips for keeping a stainless revolver mint looking but they typically involve polishing or mild abrasive scrubbing.
There are barrier creams for hands as well that make it easier to clean off oil and grease from your skin and also offer some mild protection from absorption of toxins but the thin rubber gloves most mechanics use are best. I wonder if a hand barrier cream would work as a metal pore filler/release agent?
Maybe PC9 will give us a report of how the cleaning went....
