Greenish M1 UFH

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  • PhillipM
    Very Senior Member - OFC
    • Aug 2009
    • 5937
    #1

    Greenish M1 UFH

    One of the guys at the gun club showed up today with a bayonet that came from the estate of a WWII vet 20 years ago and he asked if it was a reproduction.

    I should have photographed it but didn't think to. It has a greenish finish that is very smooth, kind of an olive color, very different than my parkerized UC in both in color and smoothness.

    Has anyone seen this before?
    Phillip McGregor (OFC)
    "I am neither a fire arms nor a ballistics expert, but I was a combat infantry officer in the Great War, and I absolutely know that the bullet from an infantry rifle has to be able to shoot through things." General Douglas MacArthur
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    • browningautorifle
      Senior Member
      • Sep 2009
      • 144
      #2
      It's a reaction of the preservative to the Parkerizing solution I think. We've seen lots of rifles that are like that.
      Regards, Jim

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        • sac troop
          Member
          • Apr 2013
          • 33
          #3
          I'm not saying that everything packed in cosmoline got this greenish tint. But every metal item I've seen that acquired this tint had previously been stored in cosmoline.

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