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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;springfld.arsenal, post: 48779, member: 54&quot;]&quot;The &#039;Bright polished barrel&#039; is an anomaly, an original period arm would always have a blued barrel, as a way to deter rust.&quot;</p><p><br /></p><p>Bright barrels and locks, issued that way, were quite common in military weapons of 19th C.&nbsp; Many models of American-made muskets and rifles were that way.&nbsp; When I first saw a Colt rifle made for the U.S. in 1865 I thought it had been chrome-plated, but it just retained its original bright steel finish.&nbsp; The Colts and many other contractor-made rifles were finished too late to get into the fighting so some are still found in new condition.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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