Anybody bother looking for one of these yet?

[Bodyman]

Yes, they leave a nice coating of very dark soot. Somewhere in a manual somewhere it shows a picture of a soldier using one to blacken his front sight. I know I have seen it but I cannot recall where it is.

Here it is putting a nice dark soot on so you can see how black it is - it almost absorbs the light that hits it.



Of course nowadays there is a nice little tool that more accurately and precisely blackens (from Ray-Vin) and fits in a shooting bag more easily, but it is nowhere near as cool as an old brass miners lamp. (JMHO)

[CCyooper]

Unfortunately when I took this picture it got cropped from the photo. Maybe I’ll have to update the photo. These shooters were familiar with the lamps.

[Bubba1]

Pretty cool. Didn't they use those to blacken the gas cylinder ? Whoops, front sight...

[Bodyman]

Hard to find one with a box nowadays.

[Bodyman]

Lets try it on its own. We all end up finding cool stuff associated with Garands, but here is a cool accessory that is often overlooked. I just think these are a gorgeous looking bit of American history, and even though only loosely associated with Garands, look really cool when you put them together.

For the somewhat newer guys, why would a Garand guy want one of these?