slavage, vance is right about the desription saying "blueing", but i have to tell you, that has to be the "whitest" i have ever seen a blued firearm appear. i would have assumed it was stainless at first glance. but since " blued" is in the description, i would go ahead and buy it. if you don't want it then sell it and take the loss as a lesson learned. it has happened to all of us at some point. sorry.