I had one of the All-Weather guns with the stainless matte gray barrels…to me they absolutely disappeared on an overcast gray day.
I suppose I could spray the top of the rib flat black? Sprayed the knurled extended stainless chokes on another hunting gun (flat black lacquer) and it has held up for about ten years so far. I'm thinking about the All-Weather RRL because my old Citori has a fresh refinish on the wood and looks too good for ducks now. That and the fact that it doesn't seem to like salt water and sand as much as it used to.