I was having a close inspection of the Bren gun pictured with Ronnie the Bren gun girl, seeing as its a freshly produced Bren gun, i noticed that the ovrall finish is parkerised with the barrel finished in a darker shade which i suspect is a black oxide blued finish. I was wondering what other parts on a Bren gun were finished in a black oxide and what parts were left unfinished like small ball catches and pins etc. A similar contrast of finishes happened with the war time M1icon carbines, as carbine bolts were first blued and later parkerised during refits. We all know that Bren guns and other weapons were suncorited by the armourers even painted in greens and buff colours, the finishes i am talking about are factory finishes but it would be intresting to hear about other finishes.
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