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I believe the RLO was the original finish for them.

That is really pretty. The barrel and receiver appear to be the same color as the parkerizing job that Chuck applied to mine.

It has been several months since I started this thread and I can now close it out. After numerous failed attempts to remove the coating on the metal parts, I finally broke down and followed...

Will do!!

Is it your opinion that the op rod, front barrel band and trigger housing group are also painted. Just fyi, I tried Liquid Kutzit on the barrel and recoil plate with no luck. I'll track down some...

Thank you sir!! Looks like I am going to learn something over the next few days. And if I screw it up, I can always have a professional re-do it for me. Your instructions are very clear so I have a...

Yea, I'm seeing it now. Can anyone recommend a good parkerizing company? Thanks!

Not sure about debris so I have attached another photo. It looks like the front sight pin matches the barrel finish. The copper removing products had no effect on the weird finish.

Here are some photos with flash and without of the receiver.

No, the receiver looks like regular parkerizing. I attempted to scrape the material with my fingernail near the flaming bomb stamp and there is a slight ridge that you can feel. I read another ost...

I don't think it is Cerakote. It looks like it is rubbed or applied rather than sprayed.

It is a weird coating. It appears to be thick and fills in the normal striations that you would find on an M1 carbine barrel. I took some Hoppes #9 and a brass brush to it with no effect. It is...

I didn't wan to hijack WinterRanger's thread reference his new Inland carbine (really nice rifle) so I started this one since I had some questions:

1. When they refurbed the rifles after WW2 and...