12-210 Garand Picture of the Day - Aef In North Ireland

[Mark in Rochester]

Aef In North Ireland - Yanks In Ulster Date taken: February 1942
Photographer: David E Scherman

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[browningautorifle]

Not a lick of finish on those gas cylinders...

[RudyN]

Not a lick of finish on those gas cylinders...

You noticed that to. I thought at first maybe just the lighting when the pictures were taken, but I did notice the difference between the barrel and gas tube.

[browningautorifle]

Nice guns though...I'll take ten!

[Bob Seijas]

We recently ran an article in the Winter 2011 Journal speculating that they were made that way. It's not no finish, it's some other type of coating. A number of guns in the 400,000 range have been seen like that.

[browningautorifle]

Like a silver nitride or something? After all this time we find this out? All this time I thought it was because the park of the time wouldn't stick to what amounts to stainless steel...of the time.

[Bob Seijas]

Don't know what it is, but it's silver gray, not bare metal. These cylinders don't have a smitch of finish in the most protected areas.

[browningautorifle]

Even mine has some finish left, and it's pretty bare.