Correct Finish for 1902 rear sight base

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  • Shawn Agne
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    • Apr 2010
    • 96
    #1

    Correct Finish for 1902 rear sight base

    I'm restoring a Krag and have it all completed accept for the rear sight base for the 1902 rear sight. Was it rust blued, nitre blued, or oil blackened?

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    Shawn Agne
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    • butlersrangers
      Senior Member
      • May 2012
      • 533
      #2
      'Shawn': Appearance kind of depends on period - 1. original finish or 2. (pre-WW1) refinish. I believe Springfield referred to the sight base finish as "browned". The (1)-original finish has lots of subtle differences in the coloring of the different sight components. Some of the (2)-refinished sights have a pretty homogeneous and obvious 're-blued' color - IMHO

      (Attached are some photos of original finish 1902 sights to show colors).

      KrR-4.jpgkrg-spring'02-1.JPGkrg-spring'02-2.JPGcarbine-sgt02-1.JPGcarbine-sgt02-2.JPG
      Last edited by butlersrangers; 04-23-2015, 02:00.

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        • Shawn Agne
          Member
          • Apr 2010
          • 96
          #3
          Ok thanks. Yes I got all the different sight components properly colored I just couldn't find the information for the base.

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