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| | Enfield Bluing |
 | | As for identified Federal Enfields in the database, one is blued, four are bright, and six have unclear finishes (three of the bright ones are in the Springfield Armory collection, and appear to have been reconditioned, which probably included burnishing). |
 | | I am especially looking for period evidence of units that were issued bright Enfields (or blued, for that matter), or writings showing that units or individual soldiers removed the finish from their Enfields during war service, either due to official guidance, or on their own. |
 | | The characteristics and facts stated here for the Enfield apply to the common P53 rifle-musket, made in the early 1860s by various contractors in Birmingham and London, for commercial sale; that is, not made for sale to the British Government (although the same characteristics generally apply there too). |
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