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Question on Quality Hardware carbine
I have a Quality Hardware carbine s/n 1603422 with a Underwood 7-43 barrel. my question is that the receiver looks like a shinny dark blue color - like the Dulite color. The barrel is a dark parkerized color. Would this be an original color on the receiver ?
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05-31-2019 10:37 AM
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Probably not, but who knows?
Quality only made receivers with the detachable recoil spring tube though. And 28,949 of the receivers Quality used were made by Union Switch & Signal. Stamped "UN-QUALITY".
Go here for all things Carbine. No mention of finishes anywhere I've read on the site. The U.S. Caliber .30 Carbines
Looking at the S/N list indicates your Carbine was made in Quality's first production run in 1943. They didn't get going until February of 1943. The barrel and receiver may have been together since. so it may well be the original finish
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Charlie, thanks for the information. This Quality Hardware came from the NRA membership drive by the paperwork, purchased in 1963 for
something like around $20 and shipped by the army. If the color was changed, it had to be in service. I had a possible USMC 1903 rifle
with the Greek black color and the gunsmith also used acid to remove the color and it really turn out nice.
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My QH has the same smooth finish like 1,555,124 and darker. I will take some photos and get back
Thanks for your help. Robert
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photo of serial number on QH 1.6 million
Charlie, Here is a photo showing the serial number, very dark smooth color (Like early Winchester M1 rifles). The serial numbers still appear to be sharp. I will take more photos as these were from the IBM stock questions
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