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    Blue parts on an 03-A3

    Should a later production (Jan 1944) 03-A3 have more parkerized parts than just the safety lever. The reason I ask is that in Canfield's Book he says that as production progressed more and more parts were parkerized. Would a Jan 1944 production A3 with all blued parts but the safety lever be suspect?

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    once again...
    only the receiver, barrel, front sight base, and safety lever were phosphate, the rest is black oxide{blue} on Remingtons.
    seems the SC A3,s toward the end of production had triggerguards, and bayonet lugs parkerized.
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    Quote Originally Posted by chuckindenver View Post
    once again...
    only the receiver, barrel, front sight base, and safety lever were phosphate, the rest is black oxide{blue} on Remingtons.
    seems the SC A3,s toward the end of production had triggerguards, and bayonet lugs parkerized.
    I knew that the barrel, sightbase, and receiver were not "blued".
    What I did not know was that it was only SC who stopped bluing some parts at the end of production.

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