1943 M1 SA Garand bolt colour

[kellaro]

Hi there

I bought my first M1 SA Garand SN:1645xxx and upon receiving it in the mail I noticed the colour of the bolt (D28287-2SA RE5C) seems to have an odd glossy rich copper/brown colour. I haven't noticed this 'finish' on others I have seen and google search wasn't too revealing. Any insight would be appreciated.

Thanks,
Rich

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[browningautorifle]

That bolt has been polished and blued without being bead blasted to remove the parkerizing first. It should never have been blued anyway. I've seen a few items done like that. Just strip it and have that part done, nothing else needs done. It may have had an electropencil number on it that was removed and thus polished. Blue was all the gunsmith had... The wear marks have come since that blue job.

[kellaro]

That makes sense, thanks Jim. Do you (or anyone else) have any idea where I could get this re-parkerized in the Toronto area, or alternative somewhere I could send it off to in Canada?

Thanks again,

Rich

[Bob Seijas]

Yes, bluing is basically a rusting process that can age to that color, especially if the temperature wasn't right.

[browningautorifle]

re-parkerized in the Toronto area

Have a chat with Elwood Epps or Collector Source...they both should have someone on hand.

[kellaro]

Thank you gentlemen!

R