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    Just curious, but would you call the overall color of this carbine blackish or more greenish? Some of your pictures show one color while others show the other color. Inland used a black oxide finish until the Spring of 43. Your carbine would have certainly gotten such a finish since it's so early in the first serial range block. Also, Inland grit blasted their carbines with the stock on. This left a two tone appearance that is unmistakable on the left side of their receivers. I don't really see that on your carbine, but that could be because of general wear or even a different finishing technique was used. First block Inland carbines had many changes going on is parts and finishing processes. I think the first block of Inland carbines could be the most interesting of all carbine serial ranges because of the changes that went on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by deldriver View Post
    Just curious, but would you call the overall color of this carbine blackish or more greenish? Some of your pictures show one color while others show the other color. Inland used a black oxide finish until the Spring of 43. Your carbine would have certainly gotten such a finish since it's so early in the first serial range block. Also, Inland grit blasted their carbines with the stock on. This left a two tone appearance that is unmistakable on the left side of their receivers. I don't really see that on your carbine, but that could be because of general wear or even a different finishing technique was used. First block Inland carbines had many changes going on is parts and finishing processes. I think the first block of Inland carbines could be the most interesting of all carbine serial ranges because of the changes that went on.
    It's definitely of the parkerized style. I just learned of the two tone effect on some of the earlier ones and need to take it back apart to see if that exists.

    I know there is a definite two tone look like where the barrel meets the receiver. That stood out to me pretty clearly. Need to check the receiver itself though.

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    Quote Originally Posted by deldriver View Post
    Also, Inland grit blasted their carbines with the stock on.
    That's nonsense, the carbines were not grit blasted while in a stock. In fact, the whole carbine wasn't even assembled when the grit blasting took place.

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