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Commonwealth Inch, Commonwealth Finish?
Last edited by AmEngRifles; 07-08-2010 at 12:34 PM.
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07-08-2010 12:29 PM
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I believe the paint you are referring to is "suncorite" Very tough, but also NASTY to apply , requiring a respirator.
You cannot buy it here. Though there is one dealer who has the facilities to apply it. You have to send the rifle to him.
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Would you mind passing that dealer's name and contact info on to me, either in a PM or a public reply? Want to also get some mag bodies finished as well. I suspect Duracoat might be as tough, but unless it is unreasonably expensive, I prefer the original finish.
Thanks!
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Can't say I have seen or even heard of Canadian FNC1A1s ever being painted black. We used black parkerizing(blacker than it was grey) and I'm sure I would have at least heard about black paint from one of the gun guys. Not to mention the armourers that had posting to Canadian Forces Europe. Also when I went there in summer 1980 I would have seen it. You would have to show me that one.
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Don't forget Tankie that we had three similar finishes! The black, kakhi for 3" mortar barrels, Vickers barrel jackets and Bren magazine boxes etc etc and the bright heat resisting (?) yellow for BFA's. I had my first mountain bike done in the yellow. It certainly stood out on the mountains! All the black bumper irons etc etc from my beloved MGB GT V8 were done too
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This has been very informative. Not only because I like the very black finish of the UK L1A1s (and my "re-assembled" finish on most of the parts except the DSA receiver), but I also have a Sterling manufactured AR-180 from a very early serial range. It is early enough that I had the thought they were Howa produced stampings, forwarded on to the newly contracted Sterling. That suspicion was based on the parkering of ALL receiver components and internals that looked very much like the finish on my Howa made 180. But the Sterling 180 is completely black on the exterior. My particular one doesn't looked to have fired very many rounds at all, if any. It is about void of any marring. I think Sterling started production in the mid to later 70s? I know in the later years, the Sterling 180s had a very poor blued finish. I believe history records UK labor issues in the 80s?? Not sure that had an effect on this commercial product though as Sterling was a government provider, although a private company. THAT is a whole other story!
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Last edited by AmEngRifles; 07-09-2010 at 05:28 PM.
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