NO SHINY GUNS, EVER! I don't mind stainless as a material, but in terms of appearance, chrome nickel and stainless are tacky as hell. Firearms ought to be a dark matte, color, period. I've seen some dark matte stainless that was tolerable and I've even seen some flavor of matte black coated stainless that was well done... however the majority of bright stainless firearms just look uber fugly to me.