I'm looking into a 1911 pistol, my first 1911 actually, but it seems that all I can seem to find for these pistols are stainless steel. After years of shooting a Glock with it's Tenifer barrel, and various blued and parkerized .22s, the glinty-gleam of stainless steel just makes me feel....Erg...
I would prefer, were it possible, a phosphate treated carbon steel barrel, or were it possible, a chrome lined phosphate barrel. If I can't find a pistol with anything but stainless, I'd be willing to spend the cash to have a different barrel put in, but I know next to nothing about what this entails in a 1911.
Are there any reputable manufacturers of carbon steel 1911 barrels, do any of them chrome line their bores (If somebody does I'll be tickled pink), and exactly what kind of work am I looking at for a barrel swap?
Thanks guys!