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Old 23-05-17, 08:48
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Breech rings were not always bare metal. Period pics of all Q.F. artillery seem to show painted and unpainted in roughly equal measure. The manuals state that everything is painted except the working surfaces, this suggests that the outside of the ring should be painted.
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