Hello fellows, I'm new to the forum and only recently knew it existed so thanks in advance. My friend was given an absolutely beautiful 110 in 25-06 that was owned by his great uncle. It has a really nice figured walnut stock that has curl similar to curly maple. As far as we can tell it is from the mid to late 60s. What I'm wanting to know is what kind of steel the barrel is made from. It says "stainless" on it, but it has a really dark blued steel color unlike the stainless I have seen in other guns. Is it true stainless like modern guns or is it "sorta" stainless? Also how can he find the actual year it was manufactured?