Anytime you can upgrade a firearm like this to stainless for such little extra go for it. I have yet to own a blued firearm that I had to let stand for a day or more after being handled/fired/exposed to the elements that the finish didn't blemish somehow. I don't like blued firearms nearly as much as stainless or coated ones; I am more of a utilitarian in that respect, and less on aesthetics.