"Blued or Browned?" Topic
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| Dave Crowell | 26 Jun 2012 6:00 p.m. PST |
The question pertains to musket and pistol barrels during the '45. If I had to guess I would expect browned. Or we're they polished? What about artillery tubes? |
| Dave Crowell | 27 Jun 2012 5:48 a.m. PST |
After a bit more digging I think I have my answer. Firearms in British service were kept brightly polished until 1813 or so. The exception being those issued to the riflemen and light infantry. From the AWI onward those were browned or blackened. As for the Jacobites, I expect that hunting arms would have been browned as a matter of practicality, others being in various states of polish or not as their owners saw fit. |
| Rubber Suit Theatre | 27 Jun 2012 3:38 p.m. PST |
Artillery tubes should be brass. |
| spontoon | 29 Jun 2012 5:25 p.m. PST |
Most pistol and musket barrels were kept "bright" ie. plain metal. However having owned a plethora of flintlock firearms I have found that " bright" rapidly becomes pewter grey, not through rust, but through staining from powder residue and sweat and oil from the hands. |
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