Commonwealth Inch, Commonwealth Finish?
I have a question about rifle finishes from each Commonwealth Nation for their various SLRs. What did each of the Canadian, English, Australian, New Zealand and Indian SLRs designate for rifle finish? My simple observation is that all except the UK just applied parkerizing. The UK appears to me to be a paint over parkerizing and I believe I have heard that term before. Is this correct?
What form of paint (color and curing) did the UK use?
Did the other countries actually specify a "color" to the final parkerizing process? :confused: Sorry, "colour" to my Commonwealth collector friends. :cheers:
Did these finishes also exactly apply to the magazines?
Surprised I did not find this as a thread already.
Thanks guys!
Commonwealth Inch, Commonwealth Finnish
The Suncorite paint finnish refered to here, was manufactured by Henkle Chemmicals in the UK. It is used in the radiator repair industry as it has a HIGH heat resistance.
I discovered this by chance when i took a Ferret Scout car fuel tank I owned once. In for a clean out to a rad repair facility few years back. (You NEVER forget the smell of Suncorite!)
When I was stationed at 27 Command Workshops in Warminster myself. They had a superb 'Rustproofing' plant there. Everything was stripped down to componant parts, cleaned in hot Tricoethelene. Water & sandblasted, Parkerised & finally SPRAY painted with suncorite. Baked in a HOT oven for 30 miniutes & then oil dipped. Result: The Magnificent 'Enfield Finnish' that we all know & love! I had a LOT of my own private weapons done there as well as Motor Cycle parts! They looked supurlative! :thup: