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Mid to Late War SA Parkerizing
Does anyone have an idea of when SA switched over to the flat, light grey parkerizing seen on late war rifles? Original finish on rifles in my collection from 8-44 to 6-45, have this identical color finish. I'm wondering when they started with this truly distinctive finish change.
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11-07-2021 01:57 PM
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Early 1944 color
Back in the mid 1990's my friend found a M1 rifle at estate sale in a remote Wisconsin area. He called me and asked if I was interested, I told him to buy it for me. The only other guns were a 22 RF and shotgun which I was not interested. When I got this M1 rifle, it showed alot of service, but all the parts were correct for April 1944, nothing was changed-out. I feel certain this was a bring back from WW2 by a veteran. The color is a light gray which I believe to be the original color.
I did test fire it at 100yds which some different lot of AP & ball, everything worked without an problems, bore is bright but T.E. is over 4.0Attachment 121225Attachment 121226Attachment 121227Attachment 121228
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The dark charcoal lie finish is magnesium phosphate. The light gray finish is zinc phosphate. When and why the change over, don’t know. My issued M-14 was magnesium phosphate.
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