If your Handi rifle meets all your requirements except for the finish, here is a suggestion. Should fix the issue for under $25.
Lightly bead or sand blast the exterior and finish with a good bake on thermoset epoxy. If you don't have access to a blast cabinet, you can get away with hand scuffing the finish with 220 grit paper. Brownells stocks their baking lacquer in a multitude of colors. Degrease, bead or sand blast, spray and bake. The smell of the stuff curing isn't bad enough to clear out the house and if your wife is of average cooperation you should be able to handle it in the kitchen oven.
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