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.
My mileage varies considerably. Hunting A Island pretty much every year. Gave up on blued rifles a loooooong time ago . . . but I'm ok with it working out for you and your son.
"Blued is Tuff to beat"??? SS wins hand down every day of the week and twice on Sunday.
Agreed.
I love my blued rifles and don’t hunt anywhere as harsh as Alaska but my hunting rifles see rain, and snow. Sometimes after hunting all day it’s nice to be able to do a wipe down or minimal maintenance when I get home tired, hungry and equipment to put away. There’s a time and a place for both IMO.
Rifles that have cheap bluing are my biggest pet peeve. None of the class and tradition of nice mirror polished deep bluing and usually don’t protect as well either. Kind of the worst of both worlds.
