G-MAN Posted January 17, 2010 Report Share Posted January 17, 2010 When I was shopping around for a new Mini-14 I noticed one vendor who sells on Gun Broker said that "not many people know this" but the blue Mini-14s are really stainless. I dismissed this as puffery until I got mine, and now I think he may be right.Compared with the bluing on older, first generation Mini-14s, the bluing on my gun looks very pedestrian. In fact, it isn't blue at all; it's black. And judging from the bright spots already showing on the bolt, it wears off easily. This really looks like some kind of coating rather than bluing. And I know that Ruger can do a blackened stainless, because they sell the SR9 with a "Nitrodox Pro Black finish" on the stainless slide.Thoughts? Anyone ever heard that the newer blue Minis are stainless? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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