Had a guy at work, my nemesis so to speak, that got into some form of PPC/defensive shooting course league. So "Mr. Everything I Own Is Better Than Anyone Else's" gets himself a Colt Gold Cup stainless. 3-4 months later he's in the office we shared complaining because his GC has rust on it and how he's going to make the dealer send it to Colt for a new one. I took a look at it and it did have some freckles. I asked him if he'd had it out in the rain? Yup, last weekend it was pouring during the shoot. I asked if he'd wiped the gun down and dried it? No he says, it's STAINLESS. So I explained that stainless doesn't mean it will never, ever rust or corrode, it just means it's resistant and when you clean the rust specks up it won't carry the rust stains. For the sole time I remember dealing with this mental giant, he grasped what I was saying, went to the gun locker and cleaned his gun up and to the best of my knowledge he took care of it afterwords.