Maintaining a Stainless Steel Pistol

[Rogue River]

I picked up a Ruger Mark lll Hunter in stainless. As this is my first firearm in stainless steel, any advice or tips for cleaning it or should I treat it as though it was blued?

[rwilson452]

I can't think of anything different you need to do. just be sure you keep a film of protection on the surfaces. Prolonged exposure to water or other harmful stuff and it can rust.

I picked up a Ruger Mark lll Hunter in stainless. As this is my first firearm in stainless steel, any advice or tips for cleaning it or should I treat it as though it was blued?

[Xringshooter]

Clean and maintain just the same as you would any other firearm. SS guns are not corrosion proof, just more corrosion resistant.

[jmanzini]

You can try 'Nevr Dull', usually available at hardware or auto stores. Another one is 'Miracle Cloth', Google for it. Both are pretty good at removing powder burns etc.

[recoil freak]

Birchwood Casey lead removing/polishing cloth is a great product also. One of the few things I have found that will remove the powder burn rings on a revolver cylinder without a tremendous amount of effort.

[Jolly]

I have two S&W 5906's in stainless and a Beretta 92FS older full stainless model and they are harder to keep up with than a regular blued gun. In my defense I bought them used and the previous owners had let the rust start and now its an issue to keep under raps. All of these were virtually new so I expect they just left them in the original boxes and that was not good.

[Fudmottin]

I have first hand experience with SS rusting. It isn't pretty. So treat it exactly the way you would any of your other firearms and enjoy.