I'm curious about the origin of green parkerizing. I have an 03A3 with that green color but it appears way too uniform to be the result of alteration from sitting in grease- it's near perfect, in fact. The rifle was unused after a refurb at which time the current green park was applied (perfectly uniform on body as well as bolt components which were originally "blue"). The only similar greenish tint I've seen is on some 40's Lithgowicon SMLE's. Lots of original parkerized finishes don't turn green after decades in grease plus this green park on my 03A3 simply looks different under a microscope (different granularity or crystal size?). So, I really wonder if the green stuff isn't a different formulation.

Ridolpho
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