Well all your gonna get is opinions and personal preferences.
Me personally I figure paint belongs on houses and barns and cars. Not Kahrs or any other gun.
With stainless if you bang it up, you can smooth it out, bead blast it or just polish and get on with your day.
Cerakote I'm told is good stuff, it's pretty durable, many like it. I've never had much experience with it.
But if you bang it up a bit it's like the first scratch in your new car. Lot of similarities between cars and Kahr's here ain't there. Then you gotta deal with the heartache and disappointment, probably be curled up on the kitchen floor sucking your thumb. I know. I've been there many times myself.
Now once again, that's just me and my own opinion.
Now jeepster is gonna come along and say go cerakote, any color you like as long as it's green. And that's ok too, don't hold nothing against him and his misguided indulgences. He's got a scooter I want so be kind ya know.
Hope this helped. I do have my doubts.
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