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Posted: 5/20/2005 8:16:50 PM EDT
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Bushmaster uses a "hard anodize finish with a nickel acetate final seal coat" BTW - be sure you specify "black dye" 
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Posted: 5/22/2005 1:16:26 PM EDT
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The old original gray was milspec 8625. I don't know about the black.
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Posted: 5/23/2005 6:58:39 PM EDT
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The old aluminum hardcoat Mil-Spec (MIL-C-60536) was dropped in 1985 according to this document, and the current hardcoat Mil-Spec (MIL-A-8625, Type III) was adopted in its place. The gray finish on Colt M16s and M16A1s was a heat curing dry film lubricant called Sandstrom 9A.
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