Do you have a 1950 Long Branch?

[Cantom]

Has anyone noted the difference in the Long Branch parkerizing finishes? The early ones and FTR'd wartime rifles seem to be that green colour, I think from zinc chromate.
The later ones, like 55 or so and then the CAL FNC1 rifles seem to be grey.(see the pic from the first page, I posted I think it was a 55 or 56 LB) Seems to be a different finish, maybe different chemicals were used?



I was reading a site about parkerizing, sounds too risky to try doing yourself...

"You should use it by itself, as any Antimony Tri-chloride vapor creates absolutely permanent irrevocable damage to the lungs"

I think I'll leave the Parkerizing to the pros...


BTW, I'm not sure why Canada didn't stamp FTR on rifles...they probably should have. Maybe they couldn't bring themselves to mar their beautiful rifles...the Brits didn't care, they could always slap another coat of Suncorite on over their plethora of stamps...