Rowdy, I have two of the stainless steel Great Western ll's, in 45 long colt, I can't say enough about these guns, what ever caliber you choose, the SS is a great way to go, especially for the reasons you talked about, easy to clean, you don't have to worry as much when in damp or rainy weather, stainless will rust, but not near as fast as a blued gun will, I always wipe my guns down whether SS or blued, I don't like taking chances, but for an all aroung gun the GW in Stainless is hard to beat. IMHO
Regards
tEN wOLVES