Hello!

I am currently working on restoring a 1943 Savage No4mk1* - it is a barreled action that I will be putting New NOS wood onto. My concern is that once i put NOS hardware and furniture on the rifle, it might look a little strange with the receiver looking quite worn. Also the hardware i got does not match the grey parkerized receiver...just nitpicks but leads me to my main question:

I have heard that units in the second world war would apply "blackening" to rifles. From what I have heard this is not a factory applied finish, but something that goes over it. I have no idea what this finish is, whether it is blueing, paint (suncorite?), or some other process. I figure this might be my way of getting a rifle with metal that looks good and colour matching while still being historically accurate.

Would anybody know what this "blackening" process was?

thanks!
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