303 sniper

[Rowdy]

I saw a grey painted one for sale here in Australia several years ago.

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[Bruce_in_Oz]

Ditto: there was one for sale in Toowoomba a couple of years ago.

Same grey paint.

Interestingly, the paint is very tough and seems very similar to the finish on the Belgian FN-49s that were available in Oz in the "good old days". Those FNs basically came in two grades. Mechanically very good but externally scruffy ones were painted black and the overall nice ones generally came in that very tough grey finish. All were in .30-06 and all had their Belgian crests ground off the receiver before the finish coat was applied.

Any experts on Belgian military ordnance and maintenance procedures out there?