My son just returned from his Alaskan moose hunt and wanted me to tear down his rifle to check for any rust underneath the stock. He hunted for a week in steady rain most every day out on the peninsula so there was likely some salt in the air as well. I found a couple spots on the underside of the action and under the scope bases but otherwise nothing. He was concerned about how wet the hunt would likely be and I offered to let him use one of my rifles that'd been Cerakoted or was a stainless unit but in the end he decided to use his own. After taking it down I'm even more convinced that metal coatings of any type are really unnecessary except for those who guide in that type of environment or are just lazy about the care of their guns. I've hunted up there on several occasions from the interior near Denali out to the ABC islands of southeast Alaska, every time with a blued rifle and have yet to have a problem. YMMV.
