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Dfariswheel · November 28, 2019, 08:58 PM

A lot of foreign military rifles are painted with a black paint that when it contacts a solvent it comes off purple.

You see this a lot on imported AK rifles.

I don't know what kind of paint it is, it looks black but come off with solvent as purple.
I found this out in the 60's when I dropped a part in a container of lacquer thinner to clean a surplus rifle and the thinner turned purple.

I've most recently seen this with a Bulgarian SLR-96 and a Bulgarian AK-74 built from an unfired surplus demilled rifle.

November 28, 2019, 08:58 PM	#9
Dfariswheel Senior Member Join Date: May 4, 2001 Posts: 7,478	A lot of foreign military rifles are painted with a black paint that when it contacts a solvent it comes off purple. You see this a lot on imported AK rifles. I don't know what kind of paint it is, it looks black but come off with solvent as purple. I found this out in the 60's when I dropped a part in a container of lacquer thinner to clean a surplus rifle and the thinner turned purple. I've most recently seen this with a Bulgarian SLR-96 and a Bulgarian AK-74 built from an unfired surplus demilled rifle.