Red Shellac Total American hang up Russia did not use it was the importers trying to add $3 or $4 dollars to overall cost for a nickles worth of red shellac.
Not sure about this statement. I have a number of Russian Arsenal refinished Mosin Nagant's that have the red varnish and came that way directly from the crate shipped from Mother Russia.
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